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Rolling Stone is pretty good for factual reporting, they're just heavily biased towards the American version of the left.
But.
They're making statements here that are opinions, but treating them as though they were facts. And that's bad.
Well, ever since they ran that hilariously fake story about gunshot victims not receiving hospital treatment due to Ivermectin overdoses, I've gotten in a habit of treating all of their reporting as potentially fraudulent. And this headline certainly isn't helping to restore their reputation.
Eh, apparently a lot of reputable news outlets fell for that one. They--and others--were reporting on a story done by KFOR, and didn't do any independent fact checking.
From what I remember, it was Rolling Stone who broke that story, or at least managed to give it national attention. Many of those other outlets probably trusted them to have done their homework and only reported it because they did.
But that's exactly how fake news spreads, isn't it? One outlet runs a sensational story and everyone else simply reports on it, assuming they did their due diligence. When it eventually turns out to be a hoax, they just issue a correction, but of course that doesn't get nearly the same amount of attention, so most people miss it and continue to spread unsubstantiated rumors.
I bet if you asked around on the street, you'll still find people who believe that this is a thing that actually happened during the pandemic.