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Most technical articles that I have some background understanding of are so wrong. It makes me wonder why I should trust all the articles on subjects that I don

• mikeash 13y ago
  The programmer says, man, they totally screw up tech stories, but I love their politics section. The Congressional staffer says, wow, their coverage of politics is laughable, but I really enjoy their insightful business analysis. The businessman says, sheesh, they can't get anything right about the world of business. I sure like their great tech coverage, though. I'm quite sure you should deeply mistrust all media reporting on everything. I see no reason to think that tech reporting is somehow different in how wrong they get it.
• hudibras 13y ago
  That's called the Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2011/08/the-murray-gell-mann-amnesia-effect/ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2011/08/the-murray-ge...
• dredmorbius 13y ago
  The common theme I've found over time is that both news and Hollywood depictions of anything you're familiar with are grossly wrong in significant details.