CBS trumps up more fake news...
CBS put out a statement that ‘Editing Mistake’ Led To Misleading Video Showing An Italian Hospital During Segment On New York’s Coronavirus Crisis.
But it seems that fake news will stay fake news, this week they did it again!
They aired the Italian hospital footage again, despite its statement claiming that it had been removed “from all platforms and shows.” This time, the misleading video appeared on CBSN, the network’s streaming video news channel.
“In Pennsylvania, cases are skyrocketing at the rate of 1,000 a day,” a reporter says as footage from an Italian hospital flashes across the screen. “Governor Tom Wolf is appealing to citizens to help.”
This on top of the fake crying nurse...
Maybe unrelated, but I went to a local television station's web site with adblocker turned off. There were seven ads disguised as stories (usual outbrain crap) couple of actual ads and eighteen news stories.
Photos for eight of the news stories were stock photos (corporate signs, police light bar, etc.) Five of the stories were press releases converted to news stories, using photos sent by the agency sending the press release. Two of them were crap stories taken from social media (Local high school does one of those cringy multiple people singing a song thing, except they didn't call it cringy.) One story about a church fire uses a photo someone took with their iPhone and emailed them. Three stories where it looks like someone actually showed up to cover the story. Two of those photos were cops standing in a parking lot.
Point is, 90% of these "news" stories were crap that was fed to them, they found a photo for illustration, either provided with the story or taken from a stock agency and uploaded it. A lot of times, there isn't a nefarious intention, but most of it's not verified or even investigated.