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Just the opposite, it's a high quality piece from a high quality site. This comment, which offers no argument for illustrating why the piece is misleading or u

Just the opposite, it's a high quality piece from a high quality site. This comment, which offers no argument for illustrating why the piece is misleading or unfactual, only hurts your credibility. I myself was deeply moved about the 'grave discovery' revelations in Canada, and after just a bit of investigation I was 'shocked' to discover that the narratives were misrepresentations to the point of lying. A short compendium about some of the ruthless misrepresentation can be found here [1], where they highlight some issues in the press that, were these revelations to be made in any other field, would be existentially damaging to those involved. The press clearly misrepresented the views of even many of the aboriginal leaders responsible for these investigations, and much worse. It's damaging to the integrity of the CBC and some others. [1] https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-year-of-the-graves-how-the-worlds-media-got-it-wrong-on-residential-school-graves https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-year-of-the-graves-how-...

munk-a 4y ago
Please be aware, the entirety of the linked article and my statements below are both true. There was a radar scan that revealed regular human-shaped anomalies in the soil. Follow up investigations have reaffirmed that these anomalies were not equipment dysfunction. In all of the digging that has taken place at this site no bodies have been uncovered. No digging has taken place at this site. To the best of my knowledge, no living person has ever seen a body located in one of these graves. To the best of my knowledge, no one who would have been on hand to bury one of these bodies is still alive (or at least - none have come forward). It is simultaneously true that no bodies were unearthed (specifically - removed from the earth) and that what is *strongly* believe to be a grave site was unearthed (specifically - discovered). There appears to be a concerted campaign to spread "correct" information that strongly implies a state of the world that does not match the actual state of the world.
- jollybean 4y ago
  I appreciate your specifics, but the nature of the article here is not about the very detailed facts about an 'unearthing' but rather, how the information is being presented in the press. Broadly, the story is 'kids killed in aboriginal genocide, bodies discovered all over the place' - which is not the case at all, it's much more complicated than that, and though there are surely newly discovered bodies here and there, most are not, and nobody was killed on purpose in some kind of genocidal act. It's about 'popular narratives' vs. 'nuanced reality' - not so much 'a small detail vs. another small detail'.

munk-a 4y ago

Please be aware, the entirety of the linked article and my statements below are both true. There was a radar scan that revealed regular human-shaped anomalies in the soil. Follow up investigations have reaffirmed that these anomalies were not equipment dysfunction. In all of the digging that has taken place at this site no bodies have been uncovered. No digging has taken place at this site. To the best of my knowledge, no living person has ever seen a body located in one of these graves. To the best of my knowledge, no one who would have been on hand to bury one of these bodies is still alive (or at least - none have come forward). It is simultaneously true that no bodies were unearthed (specifically - removed from the earth) and that what is *strongly* believe to be a grave site was unearthed (specifically - discovered). There appears to be a concerted campaign to spread "correct" information that strongly implies a state of the world that does not match the actual state of the world.

jollybean 4y ago
I appreciate your specifics, but the nature of the article here is not about the very detailed facts about an 'unearthing' but rather, how the information is being presented in the press. Broadly, the story is 'kids killed in aboriginal genocide, bodies discovered all over the place' - which is not the case at all, it's much more complicated than that, and though there are surely newly discovered bodies here and there, most are not, and nobody was killed on purpose in some kind of genocidal act. It's about 'popular narratives' vs. 'nuanced reality' - not so much 'a small detail vs. another small detail'.