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February 18, 2012
The Murray Gell-Mann Amnesia effect
In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say.In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all. But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn't. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia. -- Michael Crichton
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 18, 2012 9:21 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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If you are dumb enough to consume lame stream media you are volunteering for the slavery to come.
90% of Conservative Talk Radio is a conservative analysis of whet the LSM is reporting. Talk about wasting our best efforts on a silly approach. You can't win while on defense.
There isn't going to be some fair tribunal to judge what is true and what is false. The LSM will tell the TV Watchers what to think and why they think it. Shame anyone that lets the modern Tokyo Rose into their mind.
Posted by: Scott M at February 18, 2012 7:25 PM