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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by balfirevic on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:13PM (#25479615)
> A judgment call of "likely enough true" when the reality is "entirely fictional" points, in my opinion, to either a lack of judgment

Completely justified and reasonable judgement that something is "likely to be true" can be sometimes be incorrect because that's what the word "likely" means.

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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by ivraatiems on Saturday December 19, 2020 @02:24PM (#25480319)
I disagree. "Likely" is a probability statement, not an escape valve. If I say "it is likely the sky will be purple tomorrow", and then it is not, I still must answer: Why did I think it was likely? That's a judgment call.
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Re:New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’ by hitekker on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:00PM (#25480653)
> "Likely" is a probability statement, not an escape valve.

This is a good warning that we ought to be more mindful of.

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