Journalist persuasion is basically a trick - it's priest-style persuasion ("believe whatever multiple authorities agree on"). They persuade purely by shamelessly, stubbornly sticking to the script and as long as they all stick to the same script, they're "persuasive". https://twitter.com/SelimSeesYou/status/1207410087205199872 …
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This is "manipulating procedural outcomes" discovered by Moldbug and explored in this thread:https://twitter.com/i_contemplate_/status/1047679498009923584 …
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Think about the classic story formulation about a "scandal" as reported by journalists in the past. Does the phrase "x is facing increasing questions over his involvement with y" seem familiar? Translated literally that means "other journalists are also saying this"
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Zero reference to any underlying reality - just a self-referential loop of reality creation through manipulating procedural outcomes.
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