The New York Times’ ‘Ways You Can Still Cancel’ Student Loan Debt
After a June 2023 Supreme Court ruling on student debt forgiveness, the New York Times stealth edited an article advising readers that “death” was one way out of debt.
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‘Credit Bureaus to Strip 70% of Unpaid Medical Debt’
A confusing spate of articles about credit reporting and medical debt implied that unpaid medical debt would be removed from Americans’ credit reports.
‘Russia Reportedly Asked North Korea for Help with Its Failing Invasion,’ North Korea Said Russia Was ‘Too Insane for Us’
Since-deleted articles about North Korea refusing to assist a “begging” Putin appeared to have been based entirely on a satirical tweet.
‘Black Lives Matter Says It Stands with Hamas’ Fox News Stealth Edit
Fox News quietly changed a headline claiming that Black Lives Matter said it “stands with Hamas,” but aggregated versions by Fox affiliates (and Google cache) told a different story.
‘Beauty Therapist Cuts Off Lashes After Client’s Card is Declined’ Story Goes Viral
A viral, updated tabloid tale about a beauty therapist cutting a client’s eyelashes off over a declined card looks like someone misunderstanding meme culture.
CDC Removes ‘Airborne’ COVID-19 Content
In September 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added — and then removed — information about aerosolized spread of SARS-CoV-2.
Was a New Strain of Coronavirus Known as D614G and ‘Ten Times More Infectious’ Emerge in Malaysia in August 2020?
Unnerving headlines appeared about a new strain of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes COVID-19.
Elizabeth Warren Credited With a Bernie Sanders Debate Quote
Commenters were confused by a controversy about who said what, thanks to unspecified later edits to already published stories.