And, frankly, it's irrelevant. It doesn't matter that the media got the definition wrong or not. The point is that their version is the one that's most prominently promoted each time a new article is posted. Repeat it enough and it -becomes- the true definition, regardless of its accuracy. And, equally frank, there just isn't enough visible out there to convince them that they -might- be wrong, so they're not about to retract their collective opinion without a damn good compelling enough reason to do so.
As for the truth... we can't even agree among ourselves what that is, further muddying the waters.
And, frankly, it's irrelevant. It doesn't matter that the media got the definition wrong or not. The point is that their version is the one that's most prominently promoted each time a new article is posted. Repeat it enough and it -becomes- the true definition, regardless of its accuracy. And, equally frank, there just isn't enough visible out there to convince them that they -might- be wrong, so they're not about to retract their collective opinion without a damn good compelling enough reason to do so.
As for the truth... we can't even agree among ourselves what that is, further muddying the waters.