News coverage following mass shootings is always spotty. The deadly attack this weekend at a mosque in Quebec was no exception.
The Daily Beast, for example, fell victim to a parody Twitter account that claimed falsely that the fatal shooting, which claimed the lives of six people, was carried out by two notorious white supremacists. It took the news site nearly three hours to issue a correction.
Recommended Stories
Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.