So what exactly did The Atlantic and its legions of friends do wrong here and why can’t we believe this reporting on its face? The answer could fill a semester of basic journalism school, but boiled down: poor sourcing practices, confirmation bias, and an echo chamber’s misleading “confirmations” dominated the cycle.
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Investigative Issues: Three Crucial Breakdowns in Journalistic Standards That Explain the Atlantic’s Trump Political Hit Piece
