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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by the-dude on Monday July 26, 2021 @08:43AM (#27958673)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-new-york-times-wmd-cov...
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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by chewmieser on Monday July 26, 2021 @08:51AM (#27958739)
Fair but that also stemmed from their own reporting that their own coverage was flawed...

It makes me trust them more since they're auditing themselves like that. Shows high journalistic integrity.

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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by the-dude on Monday July 26, 2021 @08:53AM (#27958754)
What do you mean? They did not uncover themselves that the WMDs did not exist.
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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by dd36 on Monday July 26, 2021 @09:14AM (#27958950)
They shared it with their audience. The standard isn’t always be right, it’s have integrity.
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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by the-dude on Monday July 26, 2021 @11:51AM (#27960970)
Everybody shared it with 'the audience'. The WMDs were obviously not there, were they? Hard to keep it up.
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Re:Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly bo... by colinmhayes on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:34PM (#27961529)
Everyone in the government was saying they were there. Not reporting that would be negligent. Should NYT have been faster at reporting the truth? Of course. But when the president says there are weapons of mass destruction you report as much.

The NYT retracted the story, which is pretty much all I can hope for in a situation like this.

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