Business Insider openly admitting that they don’t care (or check) whether what they’re publishing is true or not because they said “reportedly” in the headline 
News organization in which SBF is a major shareholder claims that SBF owns $100 million of Twitter.
Owner of Twitter says this isn’t true.
Headline: “SBF is reportedly a shareholder in Twitter.”
Zero attempt to actually determine what is accurate.
Owner of Twitter says this isn’t true.
Headline: “SBF is reportedly a shareholder in Twitter.”
Zero attempt to actually determine what is accurate.
The Verge did 100% the same thing to us.
A student told them we plagiarized our curriculum from Medium.
Turns out someone had stolen and republished our curriculum on Medium.
We showed that clearly, with time stamps.
What was published? “Students claim curriculum was stolen.”
A student told them we plagiarized our curriculum from Medium.
Turns out someone had stolen and republished our curriculum on Medium.
We showed that clearly, with time stamps.
What was published? “Students claim curriculum was stolen.”
Here’s a screenshot of the fact-check document where we clearly showed that what had happened.
Then what was published.
Note the “seemed to” used to publish something the journalist knew was 100% false.
Then a quote that doubles down on the lie to make it seem more egregious.
Then what was published.
Note the “seemed to” used to publish something the journalist knew was 100% false.
Then a quote that doubles down on the lie to make it seem more egregious.
Even more fun:
The Verge went through our #mentalhealth Slack channel, contacted every student who had ever mentioned suicidal ideation, noted *could* mention that with names in their report, but implied they could provide anonymity if they’d speak out against us.
Journalism!
The Verge went through our #mentalhealth Slack channel, contacted every student who had ever mentioned suicidal ideation, noted *could* mention that with names in their report, but implied they could provide anonymity if they’d speak out against us.
Journalism!
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