Dave Barry summed this up with his last column pretty well:
On the other hand, if I write something that turns out - despite my relentless fact-checking - to be inaccurate, such as that Thomas Jefferson invented the atomic bomb, I will receive dozens of letters, often very irate, correcting me.
It’s easily the worst part of reddit, and wider social media.
If he fact checked it so relentlessly, how can some guy on the internet correct him? Sounds like he didn’t do his due diligence if someone offhandedly knows he’s wrong and has the facts to back it up.
Dave Barry summed this up with his last column pretty well:
It’s easily the worst part of reddit, and wider social media.
If he fact checked it so relentlessly, how can some guy on the internet correct him? Sounds like he didn’t do his due diligence if someone offhandedly knows he’s wrong and has the facts to back it up.
All folks that never do their research believe they are unfairly chastised for not doing their research.