Not sure about others, but my first reaction was that we should not trust the press as much, but then I realized that isn’t the whole story. So this is for the sake of making it explicit: It could be that when the news comes to talk about something you are an expert in, you were simply nitpicking, using your superior knowledge in a particular domain to show off.
How do we tell? Perhaps there are other ways, but I would focus on relevance. Does my extra knowledge of the subject really affect the conclusions of this op-ed?
I forget if I’ve posted this before, but:
“I’ve noticed that the press tends to be quite accurate, except when they’re writing on a subject I know something about.”—Keith F. Lynch
Not sure about others, but my first reaction was that we should not trust the press as much, but then I realized that isn’t the whole story. So this is for the sake of making it explicit: It could be that when the news comes to talk about something you are an expert in, you were simply nitpicking, using your superior knowledge in a particular domain to show off.
How do we tell? Perhaps there are other ways, but I would focus on relevance. Does my extra knowledge of the subject really affect the conclusions of this op-ed?