Apparently their excuse is that the date and time is set when they start the draft of the story and not when they post it. Further, they say it is because they were writing another story and then had to switch gears when REAL news comes up and the old story's time sticks.
If any of that were true, at what point does an editor look at the bloody thing!?
They are glorified blog posters at best, and at worse they are just copy and pasting CCP-made stories.
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.
Apparently their excuse is that the date and time is set when they start the draft of the story and not when they post it. Further, they say it is because they were writing another story and then had to switch gears when REAL news comes up and the old story's time sticks.
If any of that were true, at what point does an editor look at the bloody thing!?
They are glorified blog posters at best, and at worse they are just copy and pasting CCP-made stories.
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