Misinformation and disinformation are words we hear our media outlets constantly say. The problem with this is that THEY are usually the perpetrators of the false stories.
There is a simple fix for this.
Retractions/Corrections are common practice when the media get things wrong. The problem however is they can spend hours promoting the false story in a prime-time or front page slot while the retraction is buried, but technically available.
Media outlets should have to publish/broadcast the retaction or correction in the same manner/time/day of the week and duration as they did the false story so it reaches the same audience.
Example:
If a “news” outlet spends 3 hours on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings from 7pm-10pm telling their viewers something that later is proven to be false, the retraction/correction to that story cannot only be done by posting it on the last page on the outlets website or broadcast for 2 minutes at 3am on a Tuesday.
They must make the correction known to their Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening viewers from 7pm-10pm, spending the same amount of time (3 hours) discussing the correction and the update.