Bloomberg Gets Caught on Publishing Fake News About Russia Invading Ukraine
Posted on 02/05/2022
In a serious matter, Bloomberg published fake news and then retracted. “Live: Russia invades Ukraine,” read a headline on Bloomberg’s homepage at around 4 p.m. ET It stayed up for about 30 minutes.
Bloomberg then wrote the following:
Statement on Publishing Error
Bloomberg News
February 4, 2022, 3:19 PM PST
We prepare headlines for many scenarios and the headline “Russia Invades Ukraine” was inadvertently published around 4 p.m. ET today on our website. We deeply regret the error. The headline has been removed and we are investigating the cause.
LINK: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-04/statement-on-publishing-error