You can't expect the average person to know or care of the differences between poisonous vs venomous. I didn't know until I began researching arachnids. No one specifically told me. Plus, tarantulas are tarantulas, typically all the same thing, to the non-enthusiast. They couldn't care less about their differences.
I don't expect the average person to know anything but I do believe journalists and news stations should be obligated to do at least a few minutes worth of fact checking before broadcasting potential lies. They don't even cite any freaking sources!Oh well.
As for the video, could care less. Why get pissed off over something so menial.
That's what I'm worried about, how much false information do we receive on a daily basis because of flat out lies being reported as news? We are only catching these mistakes because we are specifically interested but I wonder how much of what I know is even true. My whole life might be a lie!I don't know... I think both theirs and our ignorance goes hand in hand. We specialize in this field, we do research, we make sure we know what we are doing. I think you guys need to cut some people some slack. It's a damn montage of clips from a movie.
As an Electrician, I have to deal with people daily that think they know what they are talking about when they really don't. Are there ignorant in the fact that they use miss informed information? No, they are just simply uneducated in the field.
My two cents, take it or leave it.
Haha, I didn't even see that at all. Now I'm slightly less pissed.
I completely agree! Most news is run for entertainment value over factuality. If it doesn't fit their agenda, they either won't run it or they spin it to fit. Makes me sick.