But if a conventional media source published a quote from someone impersonating a public figure, and discovered this, they would publish a correction. Big tech companies wash their hands if this kind of responsibility. That degrades the value of our public spaces.
From what I have read in American News Media I see so many things that have been blatant lies published by respected News Media like NYT and WaPo.
But I don't think I have come across corrections regarding such national and international stories.
Regarding your statement - " ... degrades the value of our public spaces."
I believe even your mainstream news media is guilty of the same.
I don’t disagree with this, but it is a form of whataboutism so it doesn’t really undermine the original point that some MSM are also terrible actors. Press in the UK is bad, but I don’t yet see it as this bad.
The news is that they're effectively removing what verification there was, and the checkmark becomes basically a TF2 hat that means nothing. You'll be able to change your display name to "Elon Musk" and buy a checkmark.