Posted on 01/04/2021 3:49:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
ESPN issued a correction Monday afternoon after it was seemingly tricked into publishing a story that falsely said Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator Chan Gailey had been fired.
The story, which appeared to be written by the network’s news desk, said that a “source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter” of the purported news.
But Schefter, the network’s star football journalist who often breaks news on Twitter, never reported such a story — instead, it appears, the misinformation originated from a since-deleted Twitter account posing as Schefter. The faux story was mentioned on SportsCenter and appeared on the network’s news ticker, in addition to the website, where it was removed after 20 minutes, the network said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Reporters will believe anything: Chan Gailey was fired, Tanya Roberts died or even Joe Biden was elected.
Maybe it’s time for the Marxist media to check their sources and confirm stories before they publish.
Why start now?
Was it posted on 4chan?
;-)
...just saying... What!?
Boy, their viewer must be pissed.
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