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Re:Jury finds Rolling Stone responsible for defamation with ... by eberkund on Friday November 04, 2016 @08:36PM (#12877427)
If I had to guess? Laziness mostly, and picking the most interesting story with accuracy being an afterthought.
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Re:Jury finds Rolling Stone responsible for defamation with ... by ptaipale on Sunday November 06, 2016 @03:27AM (#12884154)
I don't think "laziness" is a very good explanation here. The story was so obviously fake that the "journalist" in question actually had to do quite a bit of work to compose this story.

Reporting a real, actual case, completely and honestly, wouldn't have been more work.

But it wouldn't have hit so perfectly the narrative that was the selling point.

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