There is no institution with the competence or resources to 1.) check whether the way journalists usesocial scientific findings in their reporting, headlines, and opinion pieces is accurate and 2.) check the underlying studies for errors of fact, method or interpretation
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I had some discussions with people about a website whose purpose would be to Un-Fuck the News by pouring cold water on the narrative-driven agendas that often rely on laundering unbelievably shoddy advocacy-based research that hardens falsehood in fact through repetition.
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One response I got, which seems to be right, is "Doesn't every journalistic institution start that way? We're gonna be cool-headed interpreters of reality apart from the fray. And the reality of seeking traffic then sets in and instantly smashes it."
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