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Re:Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open sourc... by hannasanarion on Friday April 05, 2019 @10:23AM (#19582778)
And when has "mainstream media" ever "promulgated fiction as fact"? This thread started with an acklowledgement that intentional errors, exceptions, or mischaracterizations are exceedingly rare in well-reputed news outlets.
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Re:Show HN: I made a platform for journalists to “open sourc... by colechristensen on Friday April 05, 2019 @09:41PM (#19588618)
Frequently "the news" puts telling a good story ahead of Truth. That is, they don't tell the most informative version of the story but the most compelling version or up/downplaying a story based on bias.

This doesn't involve outright untruths or even significant manipulation of facts.

It does involve things like cherry-picking facts, quotes, and statistics that paint the desired picture without drawing conclusions while the reader's intended conclusion is obvious.

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