[HN Gopher] A Tight-Knit Circle of Internet Troublemakers Convin...
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       A Tight-Knit Circle of Internet Troublemakers Convinced
       Professional Journalists
        
       Author : exolymph
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2021-09-10 22:29 UTC (30 minutes ago)
        
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       | bob229 wrote:
       | Only a fool listens to the news. Stop wasting your time, it is
       | universally garbage
        
       | jolux wrote:
       | The author of this article says it was unsubtle, obvious satire
       | but I would say that the post they referenced was solidly in
       | Poe's law territory. Is it really so hard to imagine someone
       | genuinely writing that? Perhaps they've never met a misogynist.
       | 
       | Wishing for it to be true after it had been shown to be false is
       | one thing (and clearly dumb), but I think the existence of such a
       | subreddit is a perfectly reasonable thing to be outraged over in
       | the first place. Texas's SB8 will cause real harm, and making fun
       | of people who are deeply concerned for women's safety because of
       | it seems borderline sociopathic to me.
        
       | oregano wrote:
       | Those damned "Internet Troublemakers" always causing a stir.
        
       | dabbledash wrote:
       | It doesn't take much to convince "professional journalists" of
       | things, as long as the things confirm their priors.
       | 
       | I'd cut them some slack, because we're all bad at that, but their
       | literal job is to check things out.
        
         | dragonwriter wrote:
         | > It doesn't take much to convince "professional journalists"
         | of things, as long as the things confirm their priors.
         | 
         | As long as it fits into a convenient, simple, marketable
         | narrative that isn't unacceptablr to the outlet the journalist
         | works for, its not that hard. Bonus, sure, if its one that the
         | outlet the journalist works for is already pushing (which is
         | probably more important in most cases than the journalist's own
         | priors; in fact, that this is the case is pretty visible when
         | journalists switch outlets.)
        
         | jolux wrote:
         | If you have to rely on a news source's veracity, I would not
         | rely on the veracity of Vice and Business Insider, to put it
         | mildly. And "New York Times bestselling author" is a marketing
         | blurb, not a reputation for reporting the truth.
        
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       | diogenesjunior wrote:
       | rip in peace /r/deuxrama
        
       | mypoormother wrote:
       | Who gives a fuck about some reddit faggot drama? Kill yourself,
       | cunt.
        
       | tuatoru wrote:
       | something something death of research.
       | 
       | Too Good To Check: A Play In Three Acts:
       | https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/too-good-to-check-a-pl...
        
         | Yoric wrote:
         | Great read, thanks for the link!
        
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