USA Today, the newspaper of “chainsaw bayonet” notoriety, has had even more issues as almost two dozen articles have been removed due to accusations of fabricated sources:
Scoop: USA Today is removing 23 articles from its website this afternoon after an investigation into accusations of fabrication by a reporter, Gabriela Miranda. Story TK.
— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) June 16, 2022
Scoop: the investigation into Gabriela Miranda revealed she took steps to deceive investigators, including producing inauthentic recordings:https://t.co/9SVtyBTSdg https://t.co/lEMJu9Myds
— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) June 16, 2022
Update: During an all-hands meeting held with USA Today staffers Thursday, a person involved with the investigation said that Ms. Miranda provided audio that could not be verified, but disputed that Ms. Miranda took steps to deceive investigatorshttps://t.co/OTqTyLaRdY https://t.co/2YJ9LFuKsC pic.twitter.com/Ce8jkE0Z37
— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) June 16, 2022
The “journalism” just keeps on coming, and it’s more amazing when taking something else into consideration:
USA TODAY is an official fact checker. https://t.co/mB9S2p4ksr
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 16, 2022
Yes, let’s not forget that the USA Today is one of social media platforms’ go-to “fact-checkers” as of March 2020:
USA TODAY announced today that it is joining Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program. As a program partner, USA TODAY, along with other third-party fact-checkers certified through the non-partisan International Fact-Checking Network, will partner to independently review, rate and verify news content on Facebook and Instagram to help prevent the spread of false information.
“As a media organization with unparalleled local-to-national reach, we take our commitment to providing people with truthful information very seriously, and fact-checking is integral to the journalism being done by USA TODAY and in Gannett newsrooms across the country” said Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Gannett’s news leader and Publisher of USA TODAY. “We also recognize that the distribution of false information on social media is a concerning issue that warrants attention in today’s world, so joining Facebook’s fact-checking program to identify misinformation felt like a natural step for us. We are proud to partner with Facebook on a program with such an important mission.”
And yet in light of this most recent example of “journalism,” the media continue to be baffled as to why their credibility has gone completely down the drain.
If you needed another example of “journalism” being dead, here ya go… https://t.co/jFE2JtnKiu
— TitletownUSA (@UsaTitletown) June 17, 2022
Wait until they learn about the Russian Collusion Hoax! https://t.co/yT3IVMu7mZ
— Uncle Odie (@OdieMoats) June 16, 2022
CNN will give her a job.
— Charles M. Phipps (@cmpokc) June 17, 2022
LOL! You never know. MSNBC might have an opening for her as well.
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