3 ms·

This comment shows what a huge effect misinformation has on people. The commenter is saying video of police officer kneeling on man's neck until he dies is "mis

This comment shows what a huge effect misinformation has on people. The commenter is saying video of police officer kneeling on man's neck until he dies is "misinformation".

drak0n1c 5y ago
They did not say that. Just claiming that various movements have their broad social narratives and prescribed solutions based on misinformation. https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/09/police-violence-against-black-men-rare-heres-what-data-actually-say/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/09/police-violence-again... Recent studies have found that while both liberals and conservatives overestimate the chance of dying from police killings and covid, conservatives were significantly closer to the statistical truth. So while there is obvious right-leaning misinformation (obvious because it is always critiqued and mocked openly), we should be aware that misinformation from the left is not critiqued as noticeably, so it can gradually shape general perceptions in misleading ways. Keep in mind that the label “misinformation” does not usually mean complete fabrication. It includes cases of careful editing of context, labeling, and story association to spread a misleading narrative.
- chownie 5y ago
  That link is not really that compelling, some of the points made, like this: > Only 0.6 percent of black men experience physical force by the police in any given year, while approximately 0.2 percent of white men do. Come across as misleading to me. To compare to the entire race demographic rather than just race demographic in contact with police (which would better give rates than flat population percentage but not be such a tiny number), to not mention the vast difference in those population sizes, to use a national measure when physical force used by police various greatly by location, etc. > Recent studies have found that while both liberals and conservatives overestimate the chance of dying from police killings and covid, conservatives were significantly closer to the statistical truth. If the population of the states resembled liberal demographics, does that point still stand? Could the conservative estimation sit closer to the recorded amount because they're less likely as a demographic to see that violence?

This comment shows what a huge effect misinformation has on people. The commenter is saying video of police officer kneeling on man's neck until he dies is "misinformation".

drak0n1c 5y ago

They did not say that. Just claiming that various movements have their broad social narratives and prescribed solutions based on misinformation. https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/09/police-violence-against-black-men-rare-heres-what-data-actually-say/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/09/police-violence-again... Recent studies have found that while both liberals and conservatives overestimate the chance of dying from police killings and covid, conservatives were significantly closer to the statistical truth. So while there is obvious right-leaning misinformation (obvious because it is always critiqued and mocked openly), we should be aware that misinformation from the left is not critiqued as noticeably, so it can gradually shape general perceptions in misleading ways. Keep in mind that the label “misinformation” does not usually mean complete fabrication. It includes cases of careful editing of context, labeling, and story association to spread a misleading narrative.

chownie 5y ago
That link is not really that compelling, some of the points made, like this: > Only 0.6 percent of black men experience physical force by the police in any given year, while approximately 0.2 percent of white men do. Come across as misleading to me. To compare to the entire race demographic rather than just race demographic in contact with police (which would better give rates than flat population percentage but not be such a tiny number), to not mention the vast difference in those population sizes, to use a national measure when physical force used by police various greatly by location, etc. > Recent studies have found that while both liberals and conservatives overestimate the chance of dying from police killings and covid, conservatives were significantly closer to the statistical truth. If the population of the states resembled liberal demographics, does that point still stand? Could the conservative estimation sit closer to the recorded amount because they're less likely as a demographic to see that violence?