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If they don't know basic math; if they don't know basic statistics; if thry're simply going to parrot a narrative... You are not a journalist. You are not doi

• eesmith 2y ago
  Then write a letter to the editor of Salon to complain about their 'tabloid sensibility', drop your subscription, and pay for real journalism. You wouldn't be the first. There's a reason I stopped paying for Salon some 20 years back and started paying for Democracy Now. If you only going to complain about it on HN then nothing's going to change. Propose something concrete - something more than I'm already doing. If you expect free high-quality news from every commercial news source then it's no wonder you are so annoyed when you end up with crap.
  • chiefalchemist 2y ago
    I'm not complaining. I simply pointed out a clear and obvious flaw in the reporting of the original article. If I'm guilty of anything, it's stating the obvious. Unfortunately, even the mighty HN is subject to group think and even the obvious needs to be surfaced. Put another way, it's a shite article and shouldn't have been shared in the first place.
    • eesmith 2y ago
      Wow! I represent the HN groupthink? I am all-powerful! I didn't realize there were that many Democracy Now supporters around here. And I simply pointed out that your analysis was incomplete, by giving one example - countering false doom&gloom propaganda - where it seems appropriate.