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Washington Post Fact Check Struggles with Basic Research Claims

The Washington Post issued a correction regarding the altitude of a jump, initially stating 14,000 feet before amending it to 1,400 feet, which was also incorrect. The publication eventually abandoned the fact-check, citing the difficulty of basic research. AI

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Washington Post Fact Check Struggles with Basic Research Claims

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    Um... 14,000 feet... Yeah. Right. (Later amended to 1,400 feet. Still wrong. That's the length of the bridge. Later still, they gave up because "Basic research

    Um... 14,000 feet... Yeah. Right. (Later amended to 1,400 feet. Still wrong. That's the length of the bridge. Later still, they gave up because "Basic research is hard." and changed it to "from the top.") # AI # ArtificialIntelligence # WashingtonPost # FactCheck