2 ms·
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
by 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 agoGell-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...
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]