The whole reason "Credentialed Professional News(tm)" is supposed to be trustworthy and pure and so much better than scruffy looking randos pushing Conspiracy Theories(tm) on subersive sites like this is that they go the extra mile to cross check and confirm everything in their articles.
It wasn't just her that "oopsied" here. The editor and the fact checking staff also let it go. Every single safeguard that was supposed to prevent the NYT from being subverted as a journalistic institution failed here and allowed a lie through. Given the velocity of other incidents like this and some of the extraordinary claims the paper has made there's good reason to believe this isn't an isolated event.
We all know this already.
But for those who are still asleep, there are two big questions they should be asking themselves if they still believe the NYT is in any way a reliable source of information:
Why lie about something so small? Who benefits from the public thinking there's almost a million hospitalized children due to covid?
Considering that "facts" like this being published in a paper like that are enough "evidence" to issue invasive warrants... is her still being employed there not a massive danger to the public? What's to stop her from flat out libeling a private citizen if none of the safeties to prevent this sort of abuse and incompetence work? Has she not demonstrated that the responsbility of the position is beyond her?
The whole reason "Credentialed Professional News(tm)" is supposed to be trustworthy and pure and so much better than scruffy looking randos pushing Conspiracy Theories(tm) on subersive sites like this is that they go the extra mile to cross check and confirm everything in their articles.
It wasn't just her that "oopsied" here. The editor and the fact checking staff also let it go. Every single safeguard that was supposed to prevent the NYT from being subverted as a journalistic institution failed here and allowed a lie through. Given the velocity of other incidents like this and some of the extraordinary claims the paper has made there's good reason to believe this isn't an isolated event.
We all know this already.
But for those who are still asleep, there are two big questions they should be asking themselves if they still believe the NYT is in any way a reliable source of information:
Why lie about something so small? Who benefits from the public thinking there's almost a million hospitalized children due to covid?
Considering that "facts" like this being published in a paper like that are enough "evidence" to issue invasive warrants... is her still being employed there not a massive danger to the public? What's to stop her from flat out libeling a private citizen if none of the safeties to prevent this sort of abuse and incompetence work? Has she not demonstrated that the responsbility of the position is beyond her?