“unreliable†news sites turned out to be … unreliable
Ed MorrisseyPosted at 10:41 am on May 3, 2019
This isn’t Poynter Institute’s finest hour. Not only did their attempt to identify “fake news†sites turn out to be inaccurate, it now appears much of it wasn’t even their own work. The organization pulled down their list just days after posting it, and then furiously editing it when the complaints rolled in.
Poynter managing editor Barbara Allen posted her regrets yesterday:
On Tuesday, April 30, Poynter posted a list of 515 “unreliable†news websites, built from pre-existing databases compiled by journalists, fact-checkers and researchers around the country. Our aim was to provide a useful tool for readers to gauge the legitimacy of the information they were consuming.
https://hotair.com/archives/2019/05/03/poynter-blacklist-unreliable-news-sites-turned-unreliable/
