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News sources which print, voice, or provide air time to outright lies and fabrications are still considered news right?

Consider CNN calling out the times: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/05/10/ny.times.reporter...

After fraud is discovered, the public forgets and then the "news" continues.



>News sources which print, voice, or provide air time to outright lies and fabrications are still considered news right?

If it is always followed by a retraction and only happens a small fraction of the time then yes.




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