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All news sucks that much, it just so happens that you know enough of the subject to recognize the suckage.
by random_upvoter 4y ago
All news sucks that much, it just so happens that you know enough of the subject to recognize the suckage.
- pixodaros 4y agoJournalists can be pretty good at reporting local events and uncovering the relationships between local people ("this property developer's husband made a big loan to that town councilor before the councilor suddenly changed his vote to approve a development"). Where they almost always fail is analysis and domain knowledge. Gell-Mann amnesia describes the failures of technical reporting.
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