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Fortunately for me, I dont practice the "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus" method of news analysis and so therfore, the previous stories from this outlet are ir
by jeegsy 5y ago
Fortunately for me, I dont practice the "falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus" method of news analysis and so therfore, the previous stories from this outlet are irrelevant. What makes the follow-up story important is that it suddenly occurred to me that the original reports about Jones depended primarily on her word as I recall. That recollection is enough for me to dismiss the story as uncorroborated. MY standard, not the source link posted here.
- stdbrouw 5y agoSo many anecdotes in business writing are uncorroborated, that's hardly enough to make it "an unfortunate example in hindsight" is it? Unless you believe that it has now been proven beyond reasonable doubt that she faked the whole thing, but in that case, fortunately for me, I take the reporting of a single questionable source as evidence but not as unassailable truth. But to each his own epistemic preferences.