Well, THIS will certainly bolster confidence in the press…

First, for context, here’s the original piece from @RollingStone and the follow up from the actual hospital saying the story was BS and that the one (one!) person the story quotes doesn’t work at that hospital anymore (and hasn’t in months). pic.twitter.com/6k4FjaQWD3

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 5, 2021

The whole thread – and it’s extensive – can be seen here:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1434591443855753220.html

In short, someone made up a story, Rolling Stone ran with it without checking it, a whole bunch of other media outlets picked that up and also ran with it also without checking it, and then the people actually involved spoke up and called BS.

This is the same press that spent years yapping about Russian Collusion, and went on about the Covington Blood Libel, and told us that violent arson-riddled riots are “mostly peaceful protests” while people milling around in the halls of Government were a violent armed insurrection, that “the pink tax” is a thing, that the 1619 slanders are valid history, that “the Wage Gap” is a thing, that Biden was of sound mind. The press has a *long* way to go to rebuild any sort of trust