This is a kind of inverted-retrograde of the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. Gell-Mann: 1) disbelieve a bogus story, then 2) turn the page and blithely believe the n

This is a kind of inverted-retrograde of the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. Gell-Mann: 1) disbelieve a bogus story, then 2) turn the page and blithely believe the next story You: 1) believe bona fide investigative journalism, then 0) ask what the point of journalism even is.