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Could this article be propaganda?
by Simulacra 6y ago
Could this article be propaganda?
- SkyMarshal 6y agoMore likely just run-of-the-mill journalistic statistics ignorance, which seems commonplace in US media these days, combined with deadline and story quota pressures.
- tinus_hn 6y agoI love how you’re accusing a journalist of lying, as a defense of journalists being accused of lying. ‘Oh well, that’s just run-of-the-mill journalistic statistics ignorance’
- bobthepanda 6y agoI don’t think it’s necessarily secret that since Craigslist traditional newsrooms have hemorrhaged money and staff. Sometimes things are malicious, sometimes things are ignorant, and sometimes it’s a mix. Is trying to be more specific about causes a “defence”?
- Fellshard 6y agoIn a way. The thing to remember about polls is that they tell you about publicly expressed opinion - in a freer nation, this can be a good gauge. When your very well-being relies on you responding in 'the right ways' to public inquiry, however...
- hntrader 6y agoPreference falsification, self-selection bias and sampling bias. Three sources of bias in polling. No problem in politically uncontroversial polls, but cryptonite otherwise.