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jjie2221on Show your work: The new terms for trust in journalism

> Let's not forget that fundamentally, journalism is little more than verified gossip

No it's not. "California Wildfire Spreads" and "USA Withdraws from Paris Agreement" are not gossip. Sure, the NYTimes will report gossip from anonymous trump aides, but that's not most journalism.

> Journalisms biggest Achilles Heel is its insistence on the concept of quality journalism

This sounds to me like "Truth is hard! Let's give up." Failing at quality journalism is better than succeeding at cynical, schlock journalism. The former harms society.

jjie2221on Concussion doctor says he found CTE in living NFL player

Question for football fans: Would the game suffer that much if we changed the rules to reduce contact? Say, like flag football?

jjie2221on Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s

A problem with that. Crime in Newark is going down too:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/12/newarks_crime_decli...

In fact, crime in the whole country is down dramatically from what it was in 1990. So unless the poor are being deported, something else must explain the drop in crime.