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0 pointsChris20489y ago0 comments

> One story, all credibility, huh?

Yes. The "story" made specific criminal accusations.

> You must live in a world where nobody is credible.

Publications are held to a different standard.

> New York Times... but that doesn't necessarily negate all the work

It just means you can no longer trust the publication.

> putting it on the same level as Breitbart

Here we go. Tell me what's wrong with Breitbart?

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phaemon9y ago

> Here we go. Tell me what's wrong with Breitbart?

Every story they run on climate change is a pile of innumerate, scientifically illiterate crap? Those are the only stories I see from them as they get quoted for amusement value sometimes on the Sea Ice forums.

But maybe their sports coverage is good or something. Who knows.

Chris2048OP9y ago

> Who knows.

You, apparently, since you talked of "the same level as Breitbart", though don't apparently know what that is.

Also, if you have specific knowledge of a subject area, you might be inclined to a kind of reversal of the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect: judging a publication on you area of expertise alone, when publications may differ in their relative strengths.

phaemon9y ago

No I didn't, that was `astrodust`, not me. I was just providing an example of something that was wrong with them.

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phaemon9y ago

> Here we go. Tell me what's wrong with Breitbart?

But maybe their sports coverage is good or something. Who knows.

Chris2048OP9y ago

> Who knows.

You, apparently, since you talked of "the same level as Breitbart", though don't apparently know what that is.

phaemon9y ago

No I didn't, that was `astrodust`, not me. I was just providing an example of something that was wrong with them.

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