Gell-Mann Amnesia

[Fred Exley]

"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open
the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's
case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the
journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the
issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story
backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause
rain" stories. Paper's full of them.

In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors
in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs,
and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about
Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget
what you know."

– Michael Crichton (1942-2008)

[badgolferman]

Post by Fred Exley
"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open
the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In
Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article
and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the
facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually
presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these
the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple
errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or
international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was
somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read.
You turn the page, and forget what you know."
– Michael Crichton (1942-2008)

Every Sunday I get the New York Times and Los Angeles Times crossword
puzzles. That's the only thing those rags are good for in my opinion.

[Sharx335]

Post by badgolferman

Post by Fred Exley
"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open
the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In
Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article
and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the
facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually
presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these
the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple
errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or
international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was
somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read.
You turn the page, and forget what you know."
– Michael Crichton (1942-2008)

Every Sunday I get the New York Times and Los Angeles Times crossword
puzzles. That's the only thing those rags are good for in my opinion.

Majority of journalists these days are young,callow, and still allow
their youthful idealism to color the truth.