@SteveThompson I don't honestly care whether journalism is lazy or not.
What I care about is journalism that is wrong and misleading.
If journalism is going to be lazy, fine, just say SpaceX launched a rocket and leave it at that. That's a really lazy take, but at least it is true.
The problem I have is when so many of our national outlets publish falsehoods. And I really want to call them out on that until they stop publishing falsehoods.
Laziness is fine. I mean it's not great, but it's ok.
The problem is with reporters broadcasting things that are flat out false, that the public ends up believing.
@SteveThompson perhaps so.
But I fear that a lot of the misleading stuff is also symptomatic of intentional editorial decision. It seems that reporters have flat out said they would put their fingers on the scales for the sake of promoting their causes.
But either way, it doesn't really matter why, whether they are lazy or intentionally wrong, it has the same effect of misleading the public and needing to be called out.
Hanlon's Razor doesn't really matter when it has the same effect.
@volkris Wrong and misleading journalism is symptomatic of the root of lazy journalism. I care about the root of a malady, not the symptoms.