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Serious Q: Is it *ever* a good idea for the typical person to read current events journalism as it’s published? Is it not just strictly better to wait 6-12 weeks, start w/ the Wikipedia entry, then work back through whichever pieces seem to acknowledge most of the relevant facts?
I’m not super concerned with time cost, but *really* concerned about the risk of getting anchored on rushed early narratives that almost necessarily saturate the feeds/airwaves before most of the facts are available @davidmcraney @timokissel @KyleDCarrot
Good point. Reminds me of the Breaking News Consumers Handbook, but applied to everything: https://www.wnyc.org/story/breakingnews-consumers-handbook/ …
Would love a product/service/tool that makes this easy for me to practice. Currently ad-hoc'ing it with modest success. (I.e., ignore/filter-out everything except things that seem to persist for a few weeks.)
Good heuristic is to ignore anything with headlines that overly appeal to emotions or are generally clickbaity
Yep, this is a good way to mitigate anchoring bias as well
Public health (outbreaks), safety, and other ongoing events make it good for people to at least stay vaguely aware of their local news. Not sure about national news or already-over crises.
Yes, local news has some utility. Also, following the local emergency services on Twitter should keep you plugged into major issues like public health.
Probably best to develope a feel for what changes across time. So you have to register the experience and remember it looking back; and remember looking back when next time initially looking.
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