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Was this article made by a machine learning algorithm? It created a false narrative with false characters. Published by the BBC, nonetheless?

pjc50 6y ago
It's a rephrased press release from the police. A lot of news is just rephrased press releases.
- akadruid1 6y ago
  The BBC puts unverified claims in quotes, and they are liberally sprinkled through this article. They've also given it to the family and education correspondent instead of the technology correspondent, which I think implies an unusually high level of skepticism for an establishment press release.
jpxw 6y ago
There’s a phenomenon, the name of which escapes me, which describes this situation. Essentially, whenever people see the media report an issue that they have a deep knowledge of, they see that the media get it wrong/lie/have no idea what they are talking about. Yet when the media talk about other subjects, people still trust them...
- TeMPOraL 6y ago
  Gell-Mann Amnesia. “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know." https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-ge...
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pjc50 6y ago

It's a rephrased press release from the police. A lot of news is just rephrased press releases.

akadruid1 6y ago
The BBC puts unverified claims in quotes, and they are liberally sprinkled through this article. They've also given it to the family and education correspondent instead of the technology correspondent, which I think implies an unusually high level of skepticism for an establishment press release.

jpxw 6y ago

There’s a phenomenon, the name of which escapes me, which describes this situation. Essentially, whenever people see the media report an issue that they have a deep knowledge of, they see that the media get it wrong/lie/have no idea what they are talking about. Yet when the media talk about other subjects, people still trust them...

TeMPOraL 6y ago
Gell-Mann Amnesia. “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know." https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effect-is-as-follows-you https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/65213-briefly-stated-the-ge...
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