EMBARRASSING: WaPost forced to add editor's note to its big 'fake news' story

The @washingtonpost article on Fake News – mindlessly spread and endorsed by countless journalists – itself contained Fake News… https://t.co/eloy3cw7ox

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 7, 2016

Remember that big story in the Washington Post a few weeks back exposing “fake news” outlets? Yeah … there was major criticism of it when it first came out and now the WaPost editors have added a note to the beginning of the article that basically calls into question the entire article:

Washington Post added editor's note to top of "Russian propaganda" story after being called out for shoddy reportinghttps://t.co/dWKbZJGS9a pic.twitter.com/skGiZUX2Ls

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) December 7, 2016

Here it is:

The Washington Post has appended an editor’s note to its Russian propaganda story https://t.co/B47RU9u5mQ pic.twitter.com/vIkqCaNUTN

— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) December 7, 2016

And this isn’t going over real well:

what a bunch of cowards. "This blacklist that served as the entire news basis of our piece is bullshit but we wont retract the story" https://t.co/V5ZSwSMgTg

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 7, 2016

tjhe PropOrNot list was 90% of the story. The major takeaways, "213m ppl reached by fake Russian news", SuperPAC for Trump" –ALL PropOrNot

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 7, 2016

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whats most disturbing isnt that WaPo boosted a fraudulent "fake news" blacklist its that so many nominal liberals enthusiastically shared it

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 7, 2016

Here’s what the new headline should say, but doesn’t:

pic.twitter.com/E4LDbzpyaD

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 7, 2016

The Post's line that they used four groups for their story is bullshit. The only one that was new (thus making it *news*) was PropOrNot

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 7, 2016

Here’s an example of a high-profile lib who shared the now discredited story:

but remember:WAKE UP PEOPLE pic.twitter.com/hRDyoJqBpV

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) December 7, 2016

Wake up, indeed.

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