Not just marketing and PR, the mainstream media knows that pushing out BS and then retracting it later can have lasting effects because people will remember the original article / headline, and never see the correction.

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beberlei 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

only the mainstream media knows about this? Quite odd to qualify media this way here, when most of all media uses this mechanism. We also forgot politicians who are experts in this field.

	▲	giancarlostoro 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ctrl + F "only" is only in your messaging not mine. I never said they were the only ones doing this? It's not just politicians, celebrities know about this and will use it to their advantage. Whoever makes the headlines first might have a stronger sway over their adversaries. I'm not even poking at any side in particular, this is reality across the board unfortunately. People will just blindly take and believe the primary headlines.

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alpinisme 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don’t think the media care about having lasting effects. They just want to catch the wave of interest and not wait around and let someone else get the scoop while they fact check or add nuance.