When a media story you've reported on turns out to be fake and you won't even issue an apology
The smollet hoax is hit-and-run journalism
Reporting on a story, then when the story turns out to be a hoax, you don't retract the story.
The Jessie smollett saga is pure hit-and-run journalism
When a story you're reporting on doesn't turn out be exactly what you expect it to be.
When a story doesn't fit your facts and your world-view and you just ignore the story and move on. .. that's hit and run journalism for you
Reporting on a fake story the lying about it.
What is hit and run journalism anyways?
When the facts of the story you're reporting on don't fit your version of historiography.
What is hit and run journalism anyways? Is it related to fake news?
Man 1: Ayo wanna Hit the sniffy
Man 2: Nah, I gotta go out later
I'll do this one last thing but we're hitting paws after that.