Our Lying Idiot Media Really Is That Dumb | Frontpage Mag

I can remember when reporters would put out "reports" about the Vietnam war from some hotel in Saigon.

Broke-ness follows wokeness because it’s invariably the incompetent, lazy, corrupt and otherwise failed institutions that radicalize to avoid doing their jobs. From the federal government to corporate monopolies to financial gimmicks like FTX to the media to massive charities, institutional wokeness is a red flag that an organization is incompetent or a scam.
One of the most astounding stories of media malfeasance is how the Associated Press ran a story claiming that Russian missiles struck Poland after a 10 minute Slack chat with a reporter who told colleagues, “I’m actually at a doctor’s appointment.” Nobody at the AP, including its Arab correspondent running the European desk, did any kind of follow-up or got confirmation.
When a scandal like this reveals the internal workings of the media, it’s almost laughable how little fact checking goes into stories and how thoroughly ignorant everyone involved really is.
But the only thing astounding about the story is how commonplace it is. The media now routinely operates this way after discarding the layers of fact checking and runs reports based solely on whether they fit a political narrative and whether there is some anonymous government source behind them. The Russian missile strike story met both criteria.

Besides partisanship in the media, the other main driving factor is revenue. In most media, ESPECIALLY online, many follow the "first to post is first to win the clicks" philosophy. The more sensational/emotional the story is, the more clicks.

Which would get more clicks-
- Missile lands in Poland leaving two dead. Investigation underway.
- Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people

The first report is usually wrong. Be patient and ask questions. - Col Mickey Addison