@ErrataRob Don't believe liars like Elon. Ever. When will the media take their job to verify seriously?

@SloanLA @ErrataRob The Washington Post broke this. Prior to that, most of the coverage I've seen has been very careful to phrase things like "Musk claimed, but offered no proof."

@rjrjr @ErrataRob When it first broke Dec 14, all I saw was repeating Elon’s story, without any caveats. E.g., Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-claims-stalker-targeted-car-young-son-inside-1767293
MSN/The Street https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/technologyinvesting/elon-musk-launches-a-manhunt-after-alarming-incident/ar-AA15jQ47
Of course Fox, OAN, NYPost, etc. Many updated their stories since then, but what we see time and again is a rush for clicks and no checks.

@SloanLA @ErrataRob It says "claims" right in the headline of the Newsweek example. The article is similarly responsible. Like it or not, his attention seeking is news, unlike yours or mine. The reader had a responsibility to read.

@rjrjr @ErrataRob And they did nothing to check his claim, as I said. We know from study after study repeating lies and claims, even with a disclaimer or stating it is a lie, helps misinformation spread and cements it in our brains as familiar and therefor more believable the next time we hear it. Meanwhile Hot Air and other right wingers even claimed it was Antifa. This is the Age of Information, news media needs a better baseline for their work.