NYT makes this vague, unsubstantiated claim "For hundreds of years, the best violin players have almost unanimously said they prefer a Stradivari or a Guarneri

NYT makes this vague, unsubstantiated claim "For hundreds of years, the best violin players have almost unanimously said they prefer a Stradivari or a Guarneri instrument," take it with a grain of salt or preferably evidence that mainstream media benefits by perpetuating mysterious illusions for the emotional allure. This story is the epitome of fake news. This is the kind of content it is so hard to filter when anybody on the web can make a serious looking website and publish pure fiction as if it were news. AI is nowhere near being able to classify these stories. Lots of election stories were similarly challenging. Even humans have to be pretty smart to pick them out sometimes.