Media: Much “journalism” writing to be replaced by AI?
G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics – Vox If you use Bing News or Yahoo News, you likely see a LOT of “stories” that are along the…
Media: “Land temperatures…surpass 60C as deadly heatwave sweeps”
A news report says land surface temperatures in Spain are 60 deg C. Which is perfectly normal, but readers don't know that.
Media oopsy follow up: 2022 Oak Fire’s growth caused by climate change – or an arsonist
Summer 2022: Oak Fire in California exploded due to climate change But as the climate emergency brings rising temperatures, California has become increasingly vulnerable to extreme wildfires. In 2020 and…
Media oops: Academy Award for Best Use of a Misleading Graphic Goes to CBC Radio Canada
At left is the chart created by the CBC – note the faint tilde mark in the chart and Y-Axis jump from 700M to 1700M! The original chart was shared…
Science oops: Much bad science (and worse media coverage of it)
The problem isn't bad science but what happens next: disastrous media coverage of bad science studies, and a lack of skeptical inquiry by reporters.
Climate oops: Bad messaging
Many things said in the media about climate are not true. They focus on improbable, scary scenarios – and link every puff of wind to climate change and predict doom,…
Demographics: 3/4 of young adults say having kids is not very important
Gloomy: Only 23% of adults under age 30 said that having children was very important and of the total 1,019 respondents, 78% say they aren’t confident that their children’s lives…
Follow up: Czech is why we must all wear cloth face masks
March 2020 In the spring of 2020, Covid case counts were low in the Czech Republic. A native writer from Czech, now living a dual life in both the US…
Follow up: “Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right – The New York Times”
The NY Times relied upon a software engineer who retrained in sociology to study the intersection of technology and society to write columns on epidemiology topics. The NY Times gave…
What’s old is new again: “Working Weekends is New Normal For Tech Layoff Survivors”
Back in the 1980s, tech companies promoted something called “flex time” – meaning you could, allegedly, set your own start and end time each day. Come in late but then…