The CNN porn scare is how fake news spreads

Re:The CNN porn scare is how fake news spreads by SiVal on Friday November 25, 2016 @08:45PM (#13041237)

From the Verge article: CNN has also released a statement: “The RCN cable operator in Boston aired inappropriate content for 30 minutes on CNN last night. CNN has asked for an explanation.” But that still doesn’t really verify that anything occurred.

Well, CNN was either calling its own content "inappropriate" or they were saying that something occurred. Is the Verge so interested in promoting this "fake news" meme that they won't even believe CNN's own statement that "inappropriate content" was aired on CNN?

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Re:The CNN porn scare is how fake news spreads by krastanov on Friday November 25, 2016 @09:20PM (#13041338)

This quote from the article seems to answer your question:

> Even if porn was aired on CNN, it’s clear that a lot of publications ran with a story based on tweets from one person before verifying the facts.

They are condemning the race to be first at the expense of verification. "Fake news" might be an annoying buzz word, but I strongly support the main point of their article: journalistic integrity requires checking your source.

Edit: However, I guess we both will agree with how shalmanese described the situation above (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13041290)

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