It’s fun to break news stories, and then write about how there was a problem with the initial reporting, and as a credible news source it’s important to make retractions. These meta stories quickly get forgotten. A story about a story that never happened.
Reminds me of when we tried to quell the “George Bush is going to Bomb Iran Tomorrow”.
4 months ago • 130 notesIncorrect reports that long-time Penn St. coach Joe Paterno had passed away Saturday night were picked up and re-transmitted by, among others, us at BreakingNews and @breakingnews. We soon learned those reports were wrong, and we owe you both an apology and an explanation.
Our editor noted…