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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by r00fus on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:21PM (#22331858)
NYT helped sell the 2003 Iraq War based on lies. IIRC, NPR and BBC and Fox were also magnifiers of the lies.

Bloomberg pushed a story about Apple/Supermicro that was entirely not true and pushed a conspiracy theory that heavily impacted stock.

None of these "responsible actors" have issued retractions for their stories that were later held to be factually untrue.

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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by sjy on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:42PM (#22332457)
The NYT published a mea culpa about its reporting on Iraq. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-th...
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Re:Facebook reverses on paid influencers after Bloomberg memes by schrodinger on Friday February 14, 2020 @09:50PM (#22332813)
Wow, that’s actually pretty self-critical; I’m impressed.
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