Instead of writing new stories, they attempt to memory hole earlier iterations by editing throughout the day.
This also allows narrative shaping, especially if people aren't archiving each change throughout the day. Their avid readers see one message which sticks with them, and people who see the article in the future aren't even aware that message was sent.
eh it does say "Live Updates" and if you've ever used software like WordPress you can go back and edit a post title and content at any time, there's really no way to tell if this software would update the original publish date with the updated date
That sounds like bullshit. How is the time shown not merely the time the finished story was uploaded to the website?
Many mainstream outlets do this now.
Instead of writing new stories, they attempt to memory hole earlier iterations by editing throughout the day.
This also allows narrative shaping, especially if people aren't archiving each change throughout the day. Their avid readers see one message which sticks with them, and people who see the article in the future aren't even aware that message was sent.
Here's a good example from 1/6 "fixed" version: https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/6/xrvision-firm-claims-antifa-infiltrated-protesters/?__twitter_impression=true
Original: https://web.archive.org/web/20210107013343if_/https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/6/xrvision-firm-claims-antifa-infiltrated-protesters/?__twitter_impression=true
Exactly this, they simply updated an existing post.
eh it does say "Live Updates" and if you've ever used software like WordPress you can go back and edit a post title and content at any time, there's really no way to tell if this software would update the original publish date with the updated date