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How one man was wrongly accused in Kongsberg attack – many international media outlets picked up on speculative tweets

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Tags: norway.kongsberg, journalism, crime, media, misinformation, social media, twitter, fact checking, terrorism.domestic, news.fake, author.joscha weber, author.kathrin wesolowski
https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-how-one-man-was-wrongly-accused-in-kongsberg-attack/a-59521788

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Fact check: How one man was wrongly accused in Kongsberg attack | DW | 16.10.2021
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Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com)
Published
Nov 7 2017
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788 words

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    an_angry_tiger
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    How many times must this keep happening until we finally learn. People on twitter do not count as sources, and is it really that urgent for the media to be the first to identify the person as...

    How many times must this keep happening until we finally learn. People on twitter do not count as sources, and is it really that urgent for the media to be the first to identify the person as events are still unfolding? (No).

    3 votes
    1. KapteinB
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      There are a lot of clicks to be won! And the best part, readers can't take the clicks back after it turns out the news outlets identified the wrong person. So there's much to win and nothing to...

      is it really that urgent for the media to be the first to identify the person as events are still unfolding?

      There are a lot of clicks to be won! And the best part, readers can't take the clicks back after it turns out the news outlets identified the wrong person. So there's much to win and nothing to lose (well, except their credibility) by picking up on the first tweet claiming to know the person's identity.

      5 votes