It's interesting to me that Jefferson, in this text, offers an observation that's formulated very similar to (one-half of) the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect, when he

It's interesting to me that Jefferson, in this text, offers an observation that's formulated very similar to (one-half of) the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect, when he says: "The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowlege with the lies of the day." For hundreds of years, anyone with personal knowledge of a topic-reported-on knows much if not most of the reporting is wrong.