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I distrust the NYTimes
I was browsing an ebook store just now when I saw a book cover brandished with the “New York Times Bestseller” badge. I immediately developed a dislike for the book and wanted to move on to the next book as quickly as I could. I have been thinking about those two visceral seconds and how…
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News sources are poor at building trust
I just got roped into a user survey by the NYTimes. And one of their questions was pretty revealing: “Of the following sources, which do you think is the most trustworthy for news? Select one.” I picked “other” and wrote in Wikipedia. And I skipped every other news source that was listed as an option…
Winter Rant 