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Most everything getting debunked is from reporters, not scientists.
by LorenPechtel 3y ago
Most everything getting debunked is from reporters, not scientists.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoThat's not really surprising, but you need the reporters to be honest too unless you expect the public to get the information directly from the scientists. Otherwise the reporters who agree with you discredit themselves so no one believes them anymore and the adversarial reporters continue to be adversarial.
- LorenPechtel 3y agoIt's not that they are dishonest, it's that they don't understand what they're talking about and errors slip in.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoA lot of it is that they're dishonest, or lazy. How hard is it to give the scientist a draft of the story and have them confirm that you're not making an egregious error before publishing it?