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It gives me no pleasure to report that many science journalists, including very good ones, seem to still not have learned from history.
A thread about false equivalency reporting and how forced "neutrality" actually gives liars an asymmetric advantage in the information age.
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A thread about false equivalency reporting and how forced "neutrality" actually gives liars an asymmetric advantage in the information age.
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First, one clarification:
Factual reporting is good and being unbiased is good as well.
But being unbiased does not mean one has to be neutral and give equal weight when reporting about climate opinions given by for example the IPCC versus climate deniers.
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Factual reporting is good and being unbiased is good as well.
But being unbiased does not mean one has to be neutral and give equal weight when reporting about climate opinions given by for example the IPCC versus climate deniers.
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When the IPCC claims "climate change is real" but person X says "all the climate models are wrong", putting both opinions up as equal creates a FALSE EQUIVALENCY
The supposed "neutrality" of just reporting statements from both sides is often just a veneer to cover laziness
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The supposed "neutrality" of just reporting statements from both sides is often just a veneer to cover laziness
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While the #lableak theory is scientifically dead, the lableak conspiracy myth will never die out.
This has everything to do with #asymmetric forces on social media, and the self-serving influencers and information combatants abusing them.
A thread:
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This has everything to do with #asymmetric forces on social media, and the self-serving influencers and information combatants abusing them.
A thread:
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How does one go about when trying to find out what is true in a world segmented by echo chambers and fragmented reality perceptions?
I cannot say that there is a formula, but I can share what steps I took.
When I started, I believed lableak likely..
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I cannot say that there is a formula, but I can share what steps I took.
When I started, I believed lableak likely..
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Science is constantly evolving and the scientific literature gets updated when new evidence comes in.
So if you do not want to start out with your intuition, maybe check the status of current scientific literature science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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So if you do not want to start out with your intuition, maybe check the status of current scientific literature science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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