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One useful heuristic is to look at a newspaper's reporting in a domain you are deeply familiar with. If it misses the mark by a lot there, you could still take
by lxgr 2y ago
One useful heuristic is to look at a newspaper's reporting in a domain you are deeply familiar with. If it misses the mark by a lot there, you could still take your chances with their remaining reporting under the assumption that that was an outlier and the rest will be much better – but I personally wouldn't.
- 77pt77 2y agoOne exampe: https://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/factoids/ny-times-admits-moon-flight-possible.htm https://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/factoids/ny-times-admits-m... > New York Times Retracts 1920 Article Saying Spaceflight is Impossible This is Newton's third law. It was known to work for centuries. They retracted but it was something like > Nerds... > Who can stand them?