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There should be more sites like this that index the nonsense these mainstream publications report.
by treebornfrog 7y ago
There should be more sites like this that index the nonsense these mainstream publications report.
- bdz 7y agoThe EU has a dedicated site for "euromyths" reported by the UK media https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/ https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/ECintheUK/euromyths-a-z-index/
- tptacek 7y agoDid you just refer to The Daily Mail as a "mainstream publication"?
- big_chungus 7y agoMainstream does not imply respectable. Many "tabloid-esque" publications (e.g. buzz feed) are not reputable and publish low-quality, poorly-sourced, salacious stories. Sometimes, they publish something good; it's the broken clock being right.
- liability 7y agoMainstream and disreputable.
- eloff 7y agoTo be fair many, maybe even most of these have a thread of truth. The sad reality is living elevates your risk of cancer. The food you eat, the water you drink, the air you breathe, and the earth and structures you live on/in. And some things may simultaneously increase and decrease your risk of cancer at the same time. Coffee and sunlight probably fall into that category. That said, it's all about quantifying the change in risk and deciding if that's worth it or not. (Easier said than done.)
- ars 7y agoReminds me of reading two articles: one claimed global warming caused drought and the other that it caused rain in the exact same spot, in the exact same time period. I've also seen predictions that global warming would cause both more, and fewer, hurricanes. We need one of those sites for global warming, because people blame absolutely everything on global warming (with zero scientific study). It's always "here's something that is different, yup, must be global warming". (This isn't a dig on science, actual scientists would never do that - they are far more careful on blaming specific things.)