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hit-and-run journalism

Reporting on a story, then when the story turns out to be a hoax, you don't retract the story.
The Jessie smollett saga is pure hit-and-run journalism

hit-and-run journalism

When a media story you've reported on turns out to be fake and you won't even issue an apology
The smollet hoax is hit-and-run journalism

Hit and run journalism 

When the story you're working on doesn't fit your prefered historiography.
When you're doing hit and run journalism you're not only publishing a story without apologizing for said story being anachronistic but you forgot to attach your bibliography.

hit and run journalism 

Reporting on a fake story the lying about it.
What is hit and run journalism anyways?

Hit and run journalism 

When a story you're reporting on doesn't turn out be exactly what you expect it to be.
When a story doesn't fit your facts and your world-view and you just ignore the story and move on. .. that's hit and run journalism for you

Hit and run journalism 

When you report on a story that doesn't pan out, and you don't issue an apology, simply keep on reporting on other stories that won't pan out either.
Did I just invent hit and run journalism?