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You're probably right to be cynical, but the issue is that most people are not. I would be that the vast majority of people who read an NYTimes article take it
by marknutter 14y ago
You're probably right to be cynical, but the issue is that most people are not. I would be that the vast majority of people who read an NYTimes article take it as gospel, which is scary.
- DanBC 14y agoIt is scary. But it's a shame that we're expected to distrust journalists working for a reputable newspaper. Journalists get special legal protections; newspapers get special legal protections (at least, in the UK they do) and asking them to tell the truth doesn't seem too onerous. Telling the truth is a professional ethical obligation for journalists, and it should be a personal ethical code for most people, and it's just weird to me that we should be asking it of journalists. (And I'm in the UK where we have scum writing for news papers.)