The Washington Post ran an article about the "inventor" of email, which it identified as V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai. But there's a problem! Ayyadurai didn't invent email. After publishing a risible "clarification" and some error-strewn sneering at critics by its ombudsman, amends are finally being made. But a correction remains to be made—because they're still fact-checking a headline they already accept is untrue.
Washington Post hack to post post-facto fact check
New Washington Post opinion editor promises "unapologetically patriotic" content "improved" by "technology"
Adam O'Neal, a correspondent from The Economist, is the Washington Post's next opinion editor. He'll be implementing owner Jeff Bezos's directive to champion "personal liberties and free markets" and made… READ THE REST
New York Times memo tells staff to avoid showing Luigi Mangione's face
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New York Magazine writer "on leave" over relationship with RFK Jr.
Olivia Nuzzi is a reporter covering politics and the presidential race for New York Magazine. She's the sort of insider who gets chatty hits in The New York Times, where… READ THE REST
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