There’s very little penalty for the media publishing something which is misleading or indeed an outright fucking lie.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
The biggest culprits for this model are the tabloids, but don’t think for a fucking second that the bigger sources don’t do it either.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
like check that shit out they bury all the corrections in big long humourous articles in an obscure section of their site.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
However, there’s an EVEN EASIER method for the traditional media to spread fake news without having to write a retraction weeks later.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
See also: whacking outright lies in opinion pieces, and pretending the fibs are opinions, not fake news.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
It’s hard for readers to critically appraise what’s true when a substantial portion of what’s in the traditional media isn’t true either.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
Also, more people being aware of the work of e.g. Snopes, NHS Behind The Headlines to independently fact-check media claims.
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
But the best place to start would be to just acknowledge that the traditional media is p much 10000% responsible for the rise of “fake news”
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) November 24, 2016
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Another angry woman 
Yup. This, exactly.
“And that is to have an “expert” say the lie, devote paragraphs to it, and then tack on at the end someone else saying “er that’s not true””
And they don’t always even bother with the last part.
Yup..
Media houses are more like paid houses these days.