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Watching too many air-crash investigation episodes had lead me to believe 0% of media reported "facts" surrounding plane crashes. I will wait for the official

Watching too many air-crash investigation episodes had lead me to believe 0% of media reported "facts" surrounding plane crashes. I will wait for the official accident investigation report.

madez 11y ago
This is a very sound decision. The media is infamous for not getting facts straight. They much rather write an opinion based on suspicion. Well, no, thank you. Give me facts, get them straight, then I will make up my opinion.
- rkangel 11y ago
  Then stick with a news agency rather than journalists. The information from somewhere like Reuters is carefully presented as pure content, no opinion, and probably has a greater chance of being true.
  - randomname2 11y ago
    This is laughably false. While staying away from outright lying, Reuters very often adds their own spin to their reporting.
    - fleitz 11y ago
      Especially when it's their own journalists getting taken out in 'classified' videos.
- minwcnt5 11y ago
  Related: the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.
  - madez 11y ago
    The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect seems to be a specific version of something more general: cognitive dissonance. The fact that the media is not to trust is not forgotten, it is simply not evaluated and acted upon. It sits there in your brain until you sceptically reflect on what you think to know and how you act. Some people do that to some degree, most less so. We have had a long time to recognize that our brains don't work well. It is time to accept the facts.
SixSigma 11y ago
it isn't just plane crashes where that applies, tbh pretty much every subject
efdee 11y ago
I will wait for the episode to air on NG.
leejoramo 11y ago
As a kid in the 1980's with a 747 captain for a father, I followed plane crashes with great interest. The difference between the main stream media and what was in Aviation Week's coverage was shocking. Even with the release of the official report, Main Stream media would continue to mis-report, where as Aviation Week would reprint the majority of the report.

Watching too many air-crash investigation episodes had lead me to believe 0% of media reported "facts" surrounding plane crashes. I will wait for the official accident investigation report.

madez 11y ago

This is a very sound decision. The media is infamous for not getting facts straight. They much rather write an opinion based on suspicion. Well, no, thank you. Give me facts, get them straight, then I will make up my opinion.

rkangel 11y ago
Then stick with a news agency rather than journalists. The information from somewhere like Reuters is carefully presented as pure content, no opinion, and probably has a greater chance of being true.
- randomname2 11y ago
  This is laughably false. While staying away from outright lying, Reuters very often adds their own spin to their reporting.
  - fleitz 11y ago
    Especially when it's their own journalists getting taken out in 'classified' videos.
minwcnt5 11y ago
Related: the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.
- madez 11y ago
  The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect seems to be a specific version of something more general: cognitive dissonance. The fact that the media is not to trust is not forgotten, it is simply not evaluated and acted upon. It sits there in your brain until you sceptically reflect on what you think to know and how you act. Some people do that to some degree, most less so. We have had a long time to recognize that our brains don't work well. It is time to accept the facts.

SixSigma 11y ago

it isn't just plane crashes where that applies, tbh pretty much every subject

efdee 11y ago

I will wait for the episode to air on NG.

leejoramo 11y ago

As a kid in the 1980's with a 747 captain for a father, I followed plane crashes with great interest. The difference between the main stream media and what was in Aviation Week's coverage was shocking. Even with the release of the official report, Main Stream media would continue to mis-report, where as Aviation Week would reprint the majority of the report.