Reports story without sufficient techical understanding—then retracts. Can't tell that from "Pope endorses Trump" at click farm?
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PS. (WaPo's won fake news story was garbage—but that also doesn't make the fraudulent clicks/misinformation farms non-existent).
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PPS: WaPo's failures are far more dangerous to democracy.
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I don't think you can quantify it like that. Both present real dangers; neither invalidates the others' dangers.
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Yes. You are very invested in dismissing any causal effect here.
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Also, description of original WaPo hack story is inaccurate. It was a technical problem AND rush to publish anon leak w/o journalism
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WaPo ran an anon leak w/o contacting utility.
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Dumb, opportunistic jumping at sensational story. Newsroom economics. Retracted. Still not "Hmm, how about Pope Endorses Trump".
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Sure. Just noting that your description of this was inaccurate. You need to include the failure to do basic journalism.
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You're trying to get a sociology professor who writes for NYTimes (
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is a tremendous addition to the NYT. Vastly improved their ed page.
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I never discounted her intelligence or talent. Quite the opposite in fact. She can articulate her worldview very well
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The more intelligent and articulate we are, the more sure we tend to be that we are on the side of the "righteous"
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