Statement on New York Times Article

Re:Statement on New York Times Article by Tenoke on Saturday February 13, 2021 @09:53PM (#26129231)

I'm aware of Gell-Mann Amnesia and read from a variety of sources.

This was really a comment on how most journalism is even worse. The NYT does occasionally have pieces where I know about the topic and their representation goes into details that others aren't likely to. Those are, however, not a large percentage of their output.

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Re:Statement on New York Times Article by outlace on Saturday February 13, 2021 @11:26PM (#26129678)

thanks for referencing Gell-Mann Amnesia. Never heard of it before but after looking it up it is quite compelling.

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Re:Statement on New York Times Article by Noumenon72 on Sunday February 14, 2021 @08:38AM (#26132288)

I've known about Gell-Mann amnesia for years but never experienced the feeling of 'this coverage of a thing I know is terrible', even in this piece. Maybe I don't know much about anything, or maybe I'm a conflict theorist, not a mistake theorist, so when I see them get things wrong like this, I assume it was on purpose.

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