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Re:All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong by hutzlibu on Sunday April 05, 2020 @05:09PM (#22788749)
Well, also as a journalist you can not get away with making up stories. There was a recent case of a high class journalist, who did that and was caught.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claas_Relotius

But he did so very brutal so to say. The problem with journalism is mostly not straight lying, but missleading and bending the truth until it fits the agenda. So a classic journalist should not have another agenda than the truth. But this type seems to be very rare today.

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Re:All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong by DangitBobby on Sunday April 05, 2020 @06:23PM (#22789239)
What you're saying is probably broadly speaking true for journalists in general. But what many people actually consume news-wise can only be compared on the surface to actual journalism. Consumers of this material have no interest in determining if what they're reading is true, and there are no consequences for those spreading misinformation while pretending to be journalists. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22784665
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Re:All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong by em500 on Sunday April 05, 2020 @06:49PM (#22789387)
Best we can tell, Bloomberg's Chinese Big Hack story was completly made up, but it doesn't appear anyone involved suffered any consequences.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/10/04/editorial-a-year-...

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