Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIf I have to fact-check the uncited claims made in news articles, doesn't that make me the journalist?message-squaremessage-square231fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down114
arrow-up1593arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square231fedilink
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-21 month 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-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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?