Reply #27: Yes, I know about all those "news" outlets repeating this, it's a major...

[Up2Late]

...problem, that just keeps getting worse. The internet can be a blessing, but lately it's a curse.

This one looks like sloppy reporting by reporters looking to be the first to get the "scoop" by quickly reading, but not fully understanding what they read in the Australian press. Annoying, but not as bad as what usually happens these days.

What is happening a LOT these days is, a good report, written by the NY Times or Washington Post reporters, is picked up and edited by AP or News Corp, who usually end up editing out needed info, which distorts the report. When you see an AP report without a "by-line," that's usually an edited report.

Worse is when the UPI gets a report (or the same edited report). UPI usually crops up left leaning reports and totally distort what was originally written. Those usually get picked up by all the bogus RW "news" sites, and when the original report is eventually purged from the web, these distorted reports are all that remain.

I've written about this in the past. I haven't done it yet, but I plan to collect some of my past posts on this subject to my DU Journal soon.