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Yeah newsreaders are really bad at single sourcing a quote without qualifying the source. And then repeating it. Endlessly. That is basically how we got into t
by ck2 13y ago
Yeah newsreaders are really bad at single sourcing a quote without qualifying the source. And then repeating it. Endlessly.
That is basically how we got into the Iraq War, Cheney fed some nonsense to the NY Times which printed it, then Cheney went on the news the next week and quoted the NY Times and everyone started repeating the NY Times, when the original source of the nonsense was him.
By the way, is an opening/closing bracket on its own line a "line of code"? What if there are 200 million of them? Is that like double spacing your term papers in large fonts and wide margins to cheat the page requirement?
- zecho 13y agoMy general rule of thumb with unnamed sources is to completely disregard what they have to say. With named sources, my general rule of thumb is to assume they have ulterior motive for speaking to the press, usually apparent by looking at their job title. My general rule of thumb with all news is to wait for some distant period of time for the real facts to shake out of the mess of people talking.