Re: What has influenced you to your current position in politics.
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If you've ever read a story in the news paper about a technical field you're involved in you'd know how horribly, horribly wrong they get things.
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Agreed. Every article I read about pensions is a disaster.
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Reporters do not just make stories consumable. They *distort facts* all the time, even the most basic stuff, most frequently through incompetence. They are quite simply writing about things they don't understand.
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But it is clear that their role is not to understand the material, it is to package the idea into a product for consumption. If the public prefers distortions of fact, that's what they get. Do you think someone like Bill O'Reilly cares if what he says is technically correct? He's being paid to provoke an emotional response that stimulates continued viewing. He's not "incompetent" at that.
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