Some people are so busy being clever that they don't have time enough to be wise.  -- Thomas Sowell

 

For a variety of reasons, journalists simply aren't as sharp as they could be for the same money.  Example:  The WaPo ran a headline "California, the latest epicenter, is reporting more coronavirus cases than most countries in the world." 

 

News organizations want to be:  Good looking, racially "diverse," Ivy leagued, leftist, female, LGBTQ, smug, related to Important People, more than they want to be smart or knowledgable.  It shows.

 

To a large extent, the left DEDUCES reality from principles rather than OBSERVING reality and inducing principles from that.

 

So many people are satisfied with the following 3-step routine to certainty:

1. A preceded B.
2. A causing B is consistent with my worldview.
3. A caused B.

The only problem is this is not nearly good enough if the subject matters.

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.  -- H. L. Mencken

 

https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/17/this-series-of-fact-checks-on-americas-mission-to-defeat-covid-expose-media-hatred/