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Re:Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media pr... by vijayr on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @04:42PM (#11348052)
Same can be said about Trump, McGregor etc? Do we really want these kind of people to "stay in the news and fascinate the world"?
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Re:Kardashian index: a measure of discrepant social media pr... by protomyth on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @04:49PM (#11348099)
I'm pretty sure the news networks are ecstatic that Trump is in the news. Their incentive is not really aligned with delivering scientific information.
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