Serious question: do editors and writers at major media outlets ever look back at their old stories? Because they could avoid a lot of humiliation if they did this once in a while.
Advertisement
In the meantime, their failure to do basic research means we get to generate content, and that’s what we’ll do.
The Daily Mail wrote a pretty slimy headline about Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. Check it out:
With seven Olympic gold medals, over two dozen world championships, and multiple endorsement deals under her belt, Simone Biles is now one of the most decorated – and highly paid – female athletes in the world.
The accomplished gymnast is reportedly sitting on a $25million fortune – a figure that will only grow thanks to her impressive showing at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
But while the 27-year-old sporting sensation enjoys the well-earned, very valuable fruits of her labor, her birth mother Shanon still lives close to the poverty line in Simone’s birthplace of Columbus, Ohio.
Recommended
Advertisement
But never fear. Community Note users dropped a truth bomb on the outlet.
Her Mom abandoned her.
Source: Literally You
BRUTAL.
Also, there are three days between the story linked in Community Notes and the hit piece posted above. THREE. DAYS.
This is the consensus.
A major success story.
Oof.
Seriously.
If Biles was working as anything other than a top-tier Olympic athlete, would her mom have reached out? It’s a question that should be asked.
Advertisement
Lots of people agree.
Right? Short, sweet, and to the point.
No lies detected.
Really. Hang it in the Louvre.
It truly is.
Bingo.