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So Quillette, which cheered the Grievance Studies hoax, got hoaxed -- AND caught dressing up the hoax, no less.
Skeptic, which cheered the GS hoax, got hoaxed *four times* by someone with made-up credentials.
Areo -- *edited by* one of the GS hoaxers -- got hoaxed the same way.
Skeptic, which cheered the GS hoax, got hoaxed *four times* by someone with made-up credentials.
Areo -- *edited by* one of the GS hoaxers -- got hoaxed the same way.
When it happened to Quillette (the first time), one of the GS hoaxers -- back-pedaling furiously from his earlier claims -- let it be known that being hoaxed meant nothing; *all* that mattered was how the publication responded.
What response have we seen?
What response have we seen?
Skeptic: We got hoaxed. Here's how.
Quillette: (Pulls piece quietly, defiant when caught.) You being hoaxed means your disciplines are a joke. Our being hoaxed means that we're serious.
Areo: What even are credentials? We like how the hoax pieces sound -- we're leaving them up!
Quillette: (Pulls piece quietly, defiant when caught.) You being hoaxed means your disciplines are a joke. Our being hoaxed means that we're serious.
Areo: What even are credentials? We like how the hoax pieces sound -- we're leaving them up!
Not to put too fine a point on it, but the notion that the GS hoax was about anything loftier than targeting academic fields that the hoaxers happened not to like is obviously bullshit.
The notion that the hoaxers are more critical or discerning than their targets is bullshit.
The notion that the hoaxers are more critical or discerning than their targets is bullshit.
But more than all this: the purported moral of the GS hoax was that people motivated by "ideology" would publish things that sounded right without checking.
The upshot of Areo's response is to make this into a principle: even a CONFIRMED fraud is fine, as long as it sounds good.
The upshot of Areo's response is to make this into a principle: even a CONFIRMED fraud is fine, as long as it sounds good.
*six times for Areo
Though Areo's response is the most remarkable in some ways, I'm loving Quillette's way of dealing with every new scandal that comes their way -- silent changes to the webpage, fingers crossed no-one notices, special pleading when they inevitably do
And, whatever Areo's position, these pieces aren't presented when published as merely "interesting". They're presented as *expert* views.
Here's Quillette, for example, underlining their author's (fabricated) credentials
Here's Quillette, for example, underlining their author's (fabricated) credentials
First you tell me that your story arguing that "scientific studies" debunk the idea of toxic masculinity is the work of a "psychology professor".
Then you tell me no, actually, turns out it was a "(maybe) former English instructor".
No difference? Really?
Then you tell me no, actually, turns out it was a "(maybe) former English instructor".
No difference? Really?
Guess I don’t make the Areo cut 
We can’t all be fake psych profs, you know
Oh, right
Oh, right
