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by ycombinete 1015 days ago
This is called Knolls Law of Media Accuracy:

“everything you read in the newspapers is absolutely true, except for the rare story of which you happen to have firsthand knowledge”

Edit: actually I was thinking of the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect. They both work though.

Both discussed in this thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624175