Coronavirus and Credibility: http://paulgraham.com/cred.html
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“You said coronavirus was not going to be a pandemic.” “We accurately quoted sources.” “It says on Twitter ‘Is it going to be a pandemic? No.’” “Twitter doesn’t count.” “Your print headline said...” “Editors pick headlines; not me.” “So... your story... is you got it... right?”
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And to be fair there’s immense social utility, including in these trying times, in the press’ unique privileges like “Can call someone at any e.g. hospital with expectation that they’ll answer factual questions much of time” and “Watched/read by policy makers.”
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All players have this privilege. Some choose not to exercise it. There are players outside of tech who choose not to exercise it, and players in tech who do.
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So, like religion basically
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