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Not quoting the full statement is less than honest. “Most of content we read on newspapper is false, not intentionnaly but because of lack of seriousness of th
by adolph 6y ago
Not quoting the full statement is less than honest.
“Most of content we read on newspapper is false, not intentionnaly but because of lack of seriousness of the profession.”
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...
- Ygg2 6y agoLets not be too generous. No one wants to read "Investigation of tomato juice in mouse models cured cancer in 52.36%, compared to test group". They want to read "Tomato juice cures cancer". People want easy solutions and cheap answers. Sadly reality doesn't work like that.
- adolph 6y agoSo true. The author implies that “lack of seriousness” causes newspaper falsehoods and thus falls into the cognitive bias of confusing bugs with features. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent
- tomschlick 6y agoYup, especially when you get to higher levels of government. If the solution was easy, it wouldn't reach the presidential level for instance. A low level manager at a department would have fixed it without notice or media attention. When shit reaches that level, its because both sides have big disadvantages and they need someone to make the hard choice of who to hurt.