This is amazing. Some guy tricked Fortune into reporting that X would charge users an $8 signup fee.
This was reported last week. I read it and shared it. 😂
It was a hoax! Just some guy trying to prove that the mainstream media doesn't verify sh*t.
Fortune took down the story.
I was digging for news about X today and found this. I haven't seen anyone else talk about it anywhere.
I saw that and just figured it was another elon hit piece.
MSM cant die fast enough
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I found it by perusing Linda Yaccarino's X account...
I haven't seen it reported anywhere yet, but I will have my eyes open now because this is kind of a big deal.
Tbf there is also the financial incentive of being the first to report something, especially in an ecosystem where all of them are struggling to hold their heads above water
The advertising plays into that. Imagine if we don’t have to race to be first, but offer best value instead…
Then you’d have #v4v journalism
I always fact check my stories. Editors then check before printing. Someone screwed up
She asked a lot of questions, just not the right ones.
We need more people doing what Alan Sokal did.
That said, confirmation bias is a hard drug to kick.
I remember a time when people in newsrooms would rather die than share who they voted for.
Now... it's just not the same. It's all identity politics. Biases out on display. I'm old though 😂 I don't do news anymore.
