More importantly, because neither system gives you meaningful context, both of those things you mention can be true at the same time and you could never know wh

More importantly, because neither system gives you meaningful context, both of those things you mention can be true at the same time and you could never know which to trust. When you want to validate a piece of information in your view of the world (to use your example, "how common is labor action?"), the most important question to ask (and often the question with the most obscure answer) is "what is the base rate?".