FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL about the Gell-Mann amnesia effect; when experts find articles published within their field to be full of errors, but trust articles about other fields in the same publicationen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1348arrow-down1external-linkTIL about the Gell-Mann amnesia effect; when experts find articles published within their field to be full of errors, but trust articles about other fields in the same publicationen.m.wikipedia.orgFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMNByChoicelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoThe original describes a newspaper, and those are written by multiple people. The editors are even different. For example, I trust the Associated Press more than my local paper. I do wonder if that plays in.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoOdds are fairly high that your local newspaper is printing mainly wire stories anyway, from AP, Reuters, whatnot.
minus-squarepsmgx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd AP ain’t printing your local news
The original describes a newspaper, and those are written by multiple people. The editors are even different. For example, I trust the Associated Press more than my local paper.
I do wonder if that plays in.
Odds are fairly high that your local newspaper is printing mainly wire stories anyway, from AP, Reuters, whatnot.
And AP ain’t printing your local news