10 June 2021

Layers of Editorial Oversight and Watermelons on the Moon

NYT wins the 2021 Fake News sweepstakes. And I don't see how anyone is going to top this. New York Times publishes story about watermelons found on Mars | Daily Mail Online

The subhead followed: 'Authorities say rise of fruit aliens is to blame for glut of outer space watermelons.'

They quickly changed their minds about the glut of space watermelons.

Futurism reported that the story was live for less than an hour before being removed, though its brief contents were archived before the New York Times could get to it.

A "mock article" never meant to be published. Gee, ya think? It was archived before they could delete it. (The internet never forgets.)

The collected comments from Twitter are hysterical. Click Thru.

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