Fortune magazine was duped into publishing false claims about Elon Musk and X, based on fabricated information from an anonymous source. The incident raises issues of media credibility and fact-checking, as the publication retracted the article and issued an apology, admitting their sourcing failed editorial standards.
In an embarrassing turn for Fortune magazine, an anonymous user has revealed how they duped the publication into publishing false claims about Elon Musk and social media platform X. The incident has sparked a broader conversation about media credibility and fact-checking practices.
The controversy began when Fortune published an article on January 9 titled “Elon Musk is pushing to remove dates from X posts and planning new $8 sign-up fee.” The piece cited “sources” to allege that Musk intended to remove date stamps from posts on X and introduce a fee for account creation.
However, shortly after its publication, the article was exposed as a hoax. The anonymous user who provided the information to Fortune took to X, admitting they had fabricated the story to highlight the media’s gullibility.
“Fortune published an article based on false information I sent them from an anonymous email address,” the user wrote in a thread. “They didn’t even bother to verify the details.”
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