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		bithead on July 11, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New York Times' Reddit Piece Shows Dangers of Inte... To be fair, that's not just true of "media" - try talking to a person with third hand knowledge compared to first hand knowledge. It's more a human phenomenon than just a 'media' phenomenon.

clamprecht on July 11, 2015 [–]

I agree, but it's kind of the news media's job to report it accurately. "You had one job" kind of thing.

bithead on July 11, 2015 | [–]

Agreed - they should. For me it's just that which is exasperating, since ostensibly some even went to college for it.

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