Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-square300fedilinkarrow-up1637arrow-down114
arrow-up1623arrow-down1message-squareIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square300fedilink
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-29 days ago is an acting journalist is statistically very likely to be extremely unqualified for the job Wait wait… are you saying I’m unqualified to be a journalist? Because yeah you are probably right. Also Bayes and stat pilled.
minus-squareKalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days ago […] are you saying I’m unqualified to be a journalist? Because yeah you are probably right. […] What makes you think that you are unqualified?
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days ago What makes you think that you are unqualified? A more than cursory knowledge of statistics.
Wait wait… are you saying I’m unqualified to be a journalist? Because yeah you are probably right.
Also Bayes and stat pilled.
What makes you think that you are unqualified?
A more than cursory knowledge of statistics.
Statistics of what?