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groundloop

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5. The sad fact is that nobody even notices retractions or corrections

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2014, 04:38 PM

Jan 2014

Once a right-wing hit job story makes it onto the front page of a paper the damage is done. NOBODY will notice if the paper corrects itself, issues a retraction, or whatever (ok, we might notice it here on DU, but normal voters sure won't). That's how Faux News has been so successful, and that's how we have the mess in the House that we do now.

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