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Rolling Stone COVID-19 debacle is indicative of a larger problem in media

By Becket Adams
Published September 7, 2021 9:38pm ET
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Rolling Stone COVID-19 debacle is indicative of a larger problem in media
The news media have disgraced themselves. Again. Rolling Stone magazine published, and then heavily amended, a viral report this weekend alleging gunshot victims in Oklahoma have been put on the back burner as “horse dewormer overdoses” have “overwhelmed” hospitals in rural areas. The story is complete nonsense, of course, but this apparently doesn’t matter to […]

The news media have disgraced themselves. Again.

Rolling Stone magazine published, and then heavily amended, a viral report this weekend alleging gunshot victims in Oklahoma have been put on the back burner as “horse dewormer overdoses” have “overwhelmed” hospitals in rural areas.

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