[JamesianP]

No it's the difference between probability and conditional probability. Both individuals and authorities have demonstrated the same probability of just delivering their preconceived bias when it really matters.

As for social networks. Both businesses and reddit'ers gain reputation by simply saying things others want them to say. Your theories all depend on people wanting the truth, as opposed to being told what they want to hear. And my statement was actually a joke because of how you so quickly pivoted from asking what alternative there was to reputation, to then asking me for thorough evidence.

[themitigating]

What is the difference between between conditional probability and probability?

The reason I asked you for proof was because the website you linked doesn't show that activists have taken over us news and are pushing an agends. Most of the points are about money, hedgefunds , and it also talks about how local papers are better to determine local corruption.

Where's the activist agenda information?

[JamesianP]

That was someone else who linked the website.

Conditional probability in this case is the probability computed with samples restricted to only the politically-charged topics, when the nuanced facts might not lead to public behavior they felt was right.

[themitigating]

I'm not talking about the readers perception. When I say probability I mean the probability that the information is factual unless an opinion