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by latexr 105 days ago
> that old fallacy that you think the news is correct about everything, until they report about something you know.

Gell-Mann Amnesia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#Gell-Mann_amn...

The description is slightly backwards. The problem is you continue to trust the news after seeing how wrong they are about something on which you’re an expert.