Thread by @balajis

Tech is realizing that many reports of matters where they have first-hand knowledge are distorted or outright false, like the Bloomberg Big Hack story.

This is breaking Gell-Mann amnesia across the industry.
goodreads.com/quotes/65213-b…

https://twitter.com/TommyStark/status/1194313178152230914

Cover story that was flatly refuted by Apple, Amazon, DHS, and the industry at large. No retraction.

https://twitter.com/jashkenas/status/1180175198969942016

Another egregious example was the fake news story on how Dorian Nakamoto was Satoshi. Rebutted at the time, never retracted.

Here for critique: genius.com/2900395

Here for stonewall: newsweek.com/newsweeks-stat…

"Newsweek stands strongly behind Ms. Goodman and her article."

So many more examples that were distorted or exaggerated.

- Macedonians (the original "fake news")
- FB IRA & Russian ads (played both sides, budget was small relative to campaigns)
- Cambridge Analytica (overhyped their profiling and the credulous bought it)

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