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Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands

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Re: Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands

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They do (sometimes) but in such a way that almost no one sees them, especially online. If a tree falls in the forest..

If you don't see a tree falling that's on you. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/correctionsan...

Nobody seeks out corrections and clarifications.

Nobody meaning, 99% of the population that reads news.

Re: Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands

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This really reads like a badly disguised hit piece against Elon, doesn't it? The guy posted something he thought was real, then deleted it when it turns out it wasn't. Then the writer goes on to mention he "hasn't apologized" and "continues sharing material criticizing the UK government and law enforcement authorities' responses to the riots". Why does he need to apologize? Oh no, he made a mistake - going by that lo…

> This really reads like a badly disguised hit piece against Elon, doesn't it? No. > the Guardian's owners should publicly apologize to all their readers if they get anything wrong What, you mean they should publish corrections and clarifications in an easy to see way: https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/correctionsan... You mean they should be aware of their own history and publish that too: https://www.t…

Putting corrections in a link that nobody realistically sees or cares about is not publicly apologizing.

It's hiding your mistakes because realistically 99% of the population who reads news doesn't care about the corrections.

Re: Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands

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> This really reads like a badly disguised hit piece against Elon, doesn't it? No. > the Guardian's owners should publicly apologize to all their readers if they get anything wrong What, you mean they should publish corrections and clarifications in an easy to see way: https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/correctionsan... You mean they should be aware of their own history and publish that too: https://www.t…

Putting corrections in a link that nobody realistically sees or cares about is not publicly apologizing. It's hiding your mistakes because realistically 99% of the population who reads news doesn't care about the corrections.

That's a strange way of admitting that you're wrong.

Maybe you can issue some corrections and clarifications. Show us how it's done.

Re: Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands

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If you don't see a tree falling that's on you. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/correctionsan...

Nobody seeks out corrections and clarifications. Nobody meaning, 99% of the population that reads news.

And some people cannot even admit they're wrong about claims they made up, despite them being trivial to check, and such people even sometimes double down on that mistake and make up more false claims.

Is it any wonder such people defend Musk for his ignorance and childish behavior?

How about demonstrating how one should admit being wrong and offer a correction, since that is what you're complaining others don't do properly.

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If you don't see a tree falling that's on you. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/series/correctionsan...

Nobody seeks out corrections and clarifications. Nobody meaning, 99% of the population that reads news.

To clarify then,

The Guardian and many other newspapers of record admit their mistakes and publish corrections despite your claim that they do not.

Got it.

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Nobody seeks out corrections and clarifications. Nobody meaning, 99% of the population that reads news.

To clarify then, The Guardian and many other newspapers of record admit their mistakes and publish corrections despite your claim that they do not. Got it.

They sometimes do, but they publish it in a place where no one reads it, perhaps by design. They could publish it to the front page, especially if the original article was front-page.

Elon has also admitted many mistakes in the past especially around tweets. You can find these easily if you listen to all his podcasts and appearances but again most people don't and the corrections gets far fewer views than the original spicy take.

It's more similar than you want to admit.

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To clarify then, The Guardian and many other newspapers of record admit their mistakes and publish corrections despite your claim that they do not. Got it.

They sometimes do, but they publish it in a place where no one reads it, perhaps by design. They could publish it to the front page, especially if the original article was front-page. Elon has also admitted many mistakes in the past especially around tweets. You can find these easily if you listen to all his podcasts and appearances but again most people don't and the corrections gets far fewer views than the origina…

It's called media literacy. If you don't know where publications publish their corrections, then that's on you.

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They sometimes do, but they publish it in a place where no one reads it, perhaps by design. They could publish it to the front page, especially if the original article was front-page. Elon has also admitted many mistakes in the past especially around tweets. You can find these easily if you listen to all his podcasts and appearances but again most people don't and the corrections gets far fewer views than the origina…

It's called media literacy. If you don't know where publications publish their corrections, then that's on you.

Media literacy sounds about as useful as a phd in astrology
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