Cuz they want their lies to stand?-----Why don’t journalists circle back to cover retractions? - Retraction Watch

In a paper published last month in the Journal of Documentation, a team of researchers in journalism, social science and data explore how and why journalists report – or don’t report – on scientific retractions.

Retraction Watch: In your report, you write, “Journalists frequently cover initial research findings but rarely follow up when these claims are later disconfirmed.” Why do you think that is the case?
Malgorzata Iwaniec-Thompson: Journalists rarely follow up on scientific retractions due to a combination of structural, economic, and professional barriers. 

• First, there is an absence of a systematic process to track retractions; journalists often rely on luck, social media, or informal networks to discover them...
• The second issue is that the reporters operate under intense time pressures and resource constraints, often juggling multiple stories with as little as 15 minutes for verification...
• Lastly, journalists often view their archived work as “best efforts at the time” rather than part of a permanent academic library that requires continuous curation...