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		dvfjsdhgfv on Aug 8, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Most Common Error in Media Coverage of the Goo... I don't know since I can't read their minds, but both options are troubling. If they did it for easy click-bait money, it's ethically bad. But if they did it on purpose, this is even worse, because it means they manipulate other narratives in the same way. If they can convince very smart HN readers, how totally helpless is the rest of the population?

eli on Aug 8, 2017 [–]

Why is assuming journalists are unethical different from assuming Google engineers are sexist?

dvfjsdhgfv on Aug 8, 2017 | [–]

That's why I prefer not to assume anything.

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