07/11/2018 / By News Editors
(Article by Charlie Nash republished from Breitbart.com)
The article, which reported on attempts to push Green Day’s song “American Idiot” into the British charts ahead of President Trump’s arrival, claimed Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong had written an article for ClickHole about his song.
After users online pointed out that ClickHole is a satirical website owned by the Onion, the Washington Post corrected their article and issued a statement.
oh honey no… pic.twitter.com/O4eRw4WoSS
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) July 10, 2018
The Washington Post keeps citing that Clickhole story for like four grafs pic.twitter.com/OqlGyoxeVM
— Steven Lemongello (@SteveLemongello) July 10, 2018
you may think you're having a bad day but at least you haven't cited Clickhole in a piece for The Washington Post (probably)
— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) July 10, 2018
The correction reads: “Editor’s note: A previous version of this report included information about the meaning of ‘American Idiot’ that was attributed to a Clickhole.com article,” the Washington Post declared. “Clickhole.com is a satire site. The information has been removed from the story.”
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