"If there's a theme for this year's Most Mortifying Media Moments, it's that some hoaxes are just too big to fail.
Over the last 12 months, many of the biggest stories America's major media broadcast turned out to be ... flat wrong.
And unfortunately, these networks' enthusiasm for their reporting dissipated when it came time to correct the record.
Over the last 12 months, many of the biggest stories America's major media broadcast turned out to be ... flat wrong.
And unfortunately, these networks' enthusiasm for their reporting dissipated when it came time to correct the record.
The hoaxes came in all different forms — fake hate crimes, foreign collusion, debunked dossiers — but that isn’t to say they had nothing in common.
These stories all helped advance a narrative that just so happened to be shared by the news outlets themselves....
These stories all helped advance a narrative that just so happened to be shared by the news outlets themselves....
- January: Media Push Hoax that Catholic Students Tormented Native American
Almost as soon as 2019 began, the media did exactly what it’s not supposed to do: Jumped on a viral story without first checking the facts.
And in so doing, helped destroy the reputations of innocent teenagers who had been on a school trip to D.C. to attend the annual March for Life..."
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And in so doing, helped destroy the reputations of innocent teenagers who had been on a school trip to D.C. to attend the annual March for Life..."
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