Longreads published a “Best of 2014” list, which includes its selections for the top stories from this year. But there’s a pretty glaring and embarrassing problem with the list.
So the @longreads just-released "Best of 2014" list includes @RollingStone 's rape hoax story. ==> http://t.co/zYo4URLK0R
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 7, 2014
Typical.
@michellemalkin @Longreads @RollingStone it's in the fiction section
— IamBetaPsi (@betapsi1266) December 7, 2014
https://twitter.com/jamesyoyo/status/541633584332025856
@michellemalkin @Longreads @RollingStone Dinosaur media proving they are as dumb and slow as their namesake.
— Lead and Gold (@leadandgold_cdh) December 7, 2014
@michellemalkin shouldn't it be in the Best Hoax 2014 list? Another proud Rolling Stone moment, like Djokhar looking like the next Bieber.
— Tim Sullivan (@tsull5150) December 7, 2014
@michellemalkin @Longreads @RollingStone Par for the course media has its own narrative- void of actual facts though!
— Katharine Russ (@writerRuss) December 7, 2014
Those pesky, inconvenient facts.
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