It's a miracle! BuzzFeed discovers 'allegedly' after anti-Muslim hoax humiliation

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/809168905382100993

Alleged journalists.

— Captain Anton Zilwicki, Royal Manticoran Navy (@antonzilwicky54) December 14, 2016

As Twitchy told you, yet another account of post-election anti-Muslim violence has been debunked as a hoax. 18-year-old Yasmin Seweid has been arrested for filing a false report.

Think that’s been a headache for the police? How about all the media outlets who seized on the initial story without bothering to make sure it was true first?

BuzzFeed was one of those media outlets. This was the headline for their original post, published on December 3:

And here’s the headline for today’s follow-up post:

Notice anything?

https://twitter.com/SchrodngrsTaint/status/809170489503522818

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/809170722119712768

.@BuzzFeedNews oddly, the word "allegedly" does not appear in your first story about this last weekhttps://t.co/xHkZDp6NXB

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) December 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/809169595168882688

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Nope. It sure didn’t.

"Allegedly making up story". I mean if only they went that route the first time. #Journamalism pic.twitter.com/UchifmerTC

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016

Yeah. Too bad.

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/809170516871413761

Hindsight’s 20/20. But BuzzFeed doesn’t seem to learn from past mistakes. So maybe it’s more like 20/2000 in their case.

Buzzfeed is more skeptical that she made up the story than the initial report. Amazing

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/809171187184107520

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