[Aelinsaar]

"Many journalists have fallen for the conspiracy theory of government. I do assure you that they would produce more accurate work if they adhered to the cock-up theory." -Bernard Ingham

[ZenoArrow]

Seems similar to Hanlon's Razor:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor

[mpnordland]

Thank you, I'd been trying to remember what this was called.