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I'm not pointing out a contradiction. I am pointing out that this site - which otherwise seems great - it heavily promoting the popular-online side of a very co
by dotancohen 9mo ago
I'm not pointing out a contradiction. I am pointing out that this site - which otherwise seems great - it heavily promoting the popular-online side of a very controversial subject.
It looks like they know how to grow an audience at the expense of discourse, because those adherent to the popular-online side will heavily attack all publications that discuss the other side. Recognising this, it is hard to seriously consider their impartiality in other fields. It's very much the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.
"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know."
-Michael Crichton
- embedding-shape 9mo ago> - it heavily promoting the popular-online side of a very controversial subject Any specific examples? I took a quick browse but didn't find anything that fit what you're talking about, and what you're saying is a bit vague (maybe because I'm not from the US). Could you link a specific article and then tell us what exactly is wrong?
- dotancohen 9mo agoI'm not from the US either, but I see much vitriol against their current president and his policies. And not a single article in support.
- direwolf20 9mo agoWhen one side says it's raining and the other side says it's sunny, it's not the journalist's job to represent both sides. It's their job to look out the window.
- dotancohen 9mo agoAgreed. And when I look at the issues being discussed, I do not see something so clear as rainy or sunny. I see one side of contentious issues - issues with good arguements for both sides.
- direwolf20 9mo agoYour window might be fogged up.
- dotancohen 9mo agoYou might consider dispensing with the analogy and tell me in clear language. I don't know exactly what your objection is.
- direwolf20 9mo agoBias has nothing to do with which "side" is discussed more. Bias has everything to do with whether the discussion reflects the truth. Was the weather analogy not clear enough? Alice says it's raining. Bob says it's sunny. It's raining. The news says that it's raining. Is it bias? Should the news say that it might be raining or sunny?
- dotancohen 9mo agoSo is the sunny argument recognising that there are large numbers of illegal immigrants in the US and violent US citizens that benefit from their exploitation protecting them? Or is the sunny argument recognising that murdering protesters instead of detaining them is not good policy?
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- embedding-shape 9mo agoHuh, what are you referring to? Why does it matter so much what I think and say?
- nikodunk 9mo agoI really hope _this_ quote is not fabricated - because what a fantastic quote!!
- NetMageSCW 9mo agoThat’s interesting to me because my trust in Consumer Reports was heavily eroded when I read a review on computer printers that was basically all wrong and wondered if any of there other reviews could possibly be trusted.
- bombcar 9mo agoConsumer reports is really good at following their methodology, but you really need to read and understand their methodology, because it's often completely worthless. A perfect example is toilets - I don't care at all how well a toilet flushes golfballs, because I never flush golfballs. https://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm https://www.terrylove.com/crtoilet.htm