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USA Today forced to delete 23 articles after finding out a reporter fabricated sources
« on: June 21, 2022, 12:12:40 am »
Talk about fake news!

USA Today forced to delete 23 articles after finding out a reporter fabricated sources

 Left-wing legacy news outlet and Facebook fact-checking partner USA Today was forced to scrub almost two dozen articles from its website last week after an investigation found that a reporter had apparently fabricated her sources.

USA Today, which joined Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program in March 2020 to identify and flag online “misinformation”, reported Thursday that it had removed 23 articles written by reporter Gabriela Miranda after an audit triggered by an external correction request.

“The audit revealed that some individuals quoted were not affiliated with the organizations claimed and appeared to be fabricated,” the newspaper said in a statement. “The existence of other individuals quoted could not be independently verified. In addition, some stories included quotes that should have been credited to others.”

“We strive to be accurate and factual in all our content and regret this situation,” USA Today, which is owned by parent company Gannett, added.

In addition to allegedly faking sources and inaccurately attributing quotes, Miranda also “took steps to deceive investigators by producing false evidence of her news gathering, including recordings of interviews, according to the person briefed on the inquiry,” The New York Times reported....................

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Re: USA Today forced to delete 23 articles after finding out a reporter fabricated sources
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2022, 12:14:21 am »
They should have to issue an edition reprinting all of the FAKE NEWS articles and apologize for any damage done by any of them.
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Re: USA Today forced to delete 23 articles after finding out a reporter fabricated sources
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2022, 12:28:43 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 21, 2022, 12:14:21 am
They should have to issue an edition reprinting all of the FAKE NEWS articles and apologize for any damage done by any of them.

Agreed, but it's a liberal news source and I'm just glad that they were forced to delete articles.
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Re: USA Today forced to delete 23 articles after finding out a reporter fabricated sources
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2022, 01:41:57 am »
Quote from: libertybele on June 21, 2022, 12:28:43 am
Agreed, but it's a liberal news source and I'm just glad that they were forced to delete articles.
The problem with them just deleting them is that the evidence of their lying is removed.

If they have to republish the articles with an apology for each and indicating the lies and unsupported statements, that is evidence (and every page costs money).
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Re: USA Today forced to delete 23 articles after finding out a reporter fabricated sources
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2022, 01:55:43 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 21, 2022, 01:41:57 am
The problem with them just deleting them is that the evidence of their lying is removed.

If they have to republish the articles with an apology for each and indicating the lies and unsupported statements, that is evidence (and every page costs money).

That's right - Journalism would require the articles to stand with an editors note debunking the falsity fully, with the where and the why of it... Merely deleting the articles leaves one wondering what the lies were - Which fake news was this?
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Re: USA Today forced to delete 23 articles after finding out a reporter fabricated sources
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2022, 03:47:32 am »
Only 23?
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