There never has been a "no-fact checking policy". They have been doing it with me since day one. That is why there are so many links in my articles. If you cannot cite the source you cannot use the data to make a point. I have only been challenged once in my time on SA. I gave the chief editor out in CA the link which he edited into my article after the fact. I have never had to retract an article either.
It’s been their explicit policy.
When I found out about it several years ago as an SA contributor, I called IR at Tesla and discussed it with them. Spoke directly to VP of IR at the time. He told me Tesla and their attorneys were well aware of this. He heavily hinted to me that it was their impression that SA did this as a dodge of legal responsibility.
For years I’ve basically viewed SA as a pre-meditated safe haven for misinformation. Coming out of finance, it’s not surprising it’s founders knew there was a massive market opportunity for creating such a safe haven.
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Of course, I don’t know that’s why they created SA, but strongly suspect.
strongly suspect same of Business Insider, cofounded and led by Henry Blodget, who,
“Due to his violations of securities laws and subsequent civil trial conviction, Blodget is permanently banned from involvement in the securities industry.
[2] Blodget is the CEO of
Business Insider.”
Henry Blodget - Wikipedia
and strongly suspect same of street.com, founded by same Jim Cramer as seen in that video pounding the table on the importance of getting your false narratives to be aired through the media. hey, why not just found a media outlet to do this through?