Originally Posted by
BearX220
... One of our little societal problems nowadays is that when people don't like what they see in the public sphere, they simply state, "I don't believe it," no matter the quality of supporting data.
I'd argue that the opposite is also true. People are willing to believe no matter how little or low quality data is available. This includes news media who only write what people want to hear and only focus on creating headlines to catch people's eyes.