Gell-Mann amnesia describes the phenomenon that people tend to forget the average journalist isn't much of an expert on anything.
They write about matters they don't understand, at all, which becomes blatantly obvious when they're writing about a topic you are familiar with.
And yet, people tend to believe the press, unless they know for a fact that they're wrong.

Journalists don't want a smart audience, for the same reason lawyers don't want particularly smart people on a jury.
Makes it much harder to manipulate them.

Gell-Mann amnesia describes the phenomenon that people tend to forget the average journalist isn't much of an expert on anything.
They write about matters they don't understand, at all, which becomes blatantly obvious when they're writing about a topic you are familiar with.
And yet, people tend to believe the press, unless they know for a fact that they're wrong.

Journalists don't want a smart audience, for the same reason lawyers don't want particularly smart people on a jury. Makes it much harder to manipulate them.

Gell-Mann amnesia describes the phenomenon that people tend to forget that the average journalist isn't much of an expert on anything.
They write about matters they don't understand, at all, which becomes blatantly obvious when they're writing about a topic you are familiar with.
And yet, people tend to believe the press, unless they know for a fact that they're wrong.

Journalists don't want a smart audience, for the same reason lawyers don't want particularly smart people on a jury. Makes it much harder to manipulate them.