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Re:Bill Gates is giving Factfulness to those getting a degre... by Namrog84 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @05:40PM (#17242343)
"By its very nature, outliers are the only thing that news covers. Exceptions make news."

Eventually won't the fact that the news only covers exceptions reverse in on itself when covering a non exception is in itself the exception?

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Re:Bill Gates is giving Factfulness to those getting a degre... by Retra on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @07:31PM (#17243110)
No, because the exception is with respect to people's experiences, not with respect to what the news reports. People experience regular stuff every day, whether the news reports it or not.
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