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ChristianKl comments on Open Thread, Aug. 1 - Aug 7. 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 04 August 2016 10:57:24AM 2 points [-]

The issue isn't that writers don't fact check but that they purpusefully make up facts to make their story "better". Those facts then get accepted as true by many people.