Are we responsible on social media for the gaffes of the news media?
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Hi everybody. John Daly here with informed not inflamed.
So here was a recent situation. I posted a piece from MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell which said tax returns show that Trump had loans backed by Russian oligarchs.
I posted the story attributing it to Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC. I added the word allegedly.
A day later, O’Donnell posts that he shared the story using not enough or thin corroboration and sourcing. And he apologized.
I also posted the retraction and what he said.
My good friend and colleague Walter Behr questioned whether I should have posted it at all.
And he raises a good point.