This is some meta shit. The article that turned out to be fake news, somewhat proved the point that the quote was making.
This is a worrying tendency, we always have to double check everything we read on the internet. I have seen so many people react or jump to conclusions based on fake articles.
No it didn't. Taking bullshit tabloid "interview" at face value, when respectable news outlets got duped by it aswell isn't anyone being a "snowflake" or "PC culture" gone too far (this is what the article was about). What it does show, that any shit going on about "outrage culture", "SJW:s" and "snowflakes" would be better to be ignored (like the tabloid in question). Because it's probably something dishonest trying to influence people and cause harm or in many cases downplaying something discriminatory or offensive and hurtful (there's plenty of Youtubers doing this too). There's no merit to that claim, when people thinking so need to make shit up to validate themselves. The article/interview wasn't about people falling for
fake news, it was fake news in itself. The article's point was that wanting and working for
equality is foolish. Only time the article mentioned anything about
news, was when they cited their own "outraged" tabloid headlines of bakery rebranding their gingerbread man cookies to just gingerbread cookies. If that's true either.
But you are right about the media literacy, people neeed to stay vigilant. Especially nowadays when any people with mic and camera get to be "journalists" in Youtube. Hell, all they need is a Twitter account and they get to spread bullshit that people just eat up. I've seen this to be very common just in games reporting too by
influencers like Quartering or YongYea
. Then their followers spread that shit, without anyone actually checking the original source. Like let's say with the EA/Dice and Battlefield debacle. And what Patrick Söderlund actually and accurately said about the controversy around the game.