It has everything to do with accountability. The legacy media is full of examples. You post some false information or outrageous coment, you stir the wasps nest, then you take down the post but never retract.
If some one complains, you say you removed the post. You never backtracked the (miss)information, you muddied the waters to benefit your goals, and some people will never hear again from the matter, so in their mind that information is still true. That's lack of accountability.