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If we take a contested issue like the origins of COVID-19, the facts are detailed, complex, contradictory and ambiguous. They also don't make narrative sense wi
by xyzzy123 3mo ago
If we take a contested issue like the origins of COVID-19, the facts are detailed, complex, contradictory and ambiguous. They also don't make narrative sense without some degree of interpretation.
Interpretations of complex webs of facts often diverge along tribal lines and bias can easily leak through when editors need to decide which interpretations are authoritative.
- Nervhq 3mo ago[dead]
- DarkBrocoli 3mo agoBy definition, facts cannot be contradictory or ambiguous. Otherwise, they are not facts.