The Der Spiegel journalist who messed with the wrong small town

Re:The Der Spiegel journalist who messed with the wrong smal... by fromthestart on Sunday December 23, 2018 @01:30AM (#18744781)

I immediately thought the same thing. But then I thought, not being a subject matter expert doesn't give you an excuse to write bullshit.

I think people who study the arts are less likely to have experience with and understand complex systems and, because of the different structure of knowlege in a subject like journalism, it's easier to be overconfident in one's knowlege. Especially when extended to topics like physics which require mathematics to truly understand.

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Re:The Der Spiegel journalist who messed with the wrong smal... by danso on Sunday December 23, 2018 @02:25AM (#18744917)

And yet a journalist with no tech startup, venture capital, or biomedical experience was able to understand and expose Theranos, which ran its scam right out from Palo Alto and Stanford.

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Re:The Der Spiegel journalist who messed with the wrong smal... by Fnoord on Sunday December 23, 2018 @04:26AM (#18745236)

After reading Bad Blood, the exposure had almost failed was it not for Carreyrou's enduring persistence. He met both internal and external pressure to call off his investigation. Not every journalist is cut for that kind of pressure.

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