ADADAnd some corrections are almost pointless, such as the one that prompted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to light into NBC on Wednesday morning. “You waited several hours to correct your obvious and blatantly misleading tweet,” the New York Democrat tweeted. And with that, NBC’s mistake and correction join the annals of corrections that — necessary as they are — don’t really get the job done. A faulty story may appear on a printed section front or an online home page or a prime-time network program. Still, most of these efforts end up in the inglorious category best described as “better than nothing.”READ MORE from Margaret Sullivan:

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2020 21:13 UTC