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> when those people try their best to provide accurate information It is not enough to trust them to do their best. Journalists should be in a structure that s
by laretluval 9y ago
> when those people try their best to provide accurate information
It is not enough to trust them to do their best. Journalists should be in a structure that strongly incentivizes telling the truth and strongly punishes false information. It is very unclear that US media outlets, almost all of which are highly politicized, have this property.
- IronKettle 9y ago> Journalists should be in a structure that strongly incentivizes telling the truth and strongly punishes false information. It is very unclear that US media outlets, almost all of which are highly politicized, have this property. Really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather#Killian_documents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather#Killian_documents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Williams#Iraq_War_helicopter_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Williams#Iraq_War_helico... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_M._Thompson#Reporting_scandal_and_termination_from_The_Intercept https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_M._Thompson#Reporting_sca... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair#Plagiarism_and_fabrication_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair#Plagiarism_and_fa... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Logan#Benghazi_report_apology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Logan#Benghazi_report_apo... https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/how-a-horrible-decision-cost-wiser-dream-job-at-chicago-sun-times https://www.timeout.com/chicago/tv/how-a-horrible-decision-c... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finkel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finkel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Glass#The_New_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Glass#The_New_Republic