So much of it is that when archaeologists confirm a historical account, it's news. I recall when King Richard's body was dug up under a parking lot, the historians were shocked to discover he really did have a seriously curved spine. They had thought that the accounts of his disability were just propaganda by his enemies.
No its not news most of the time. The situation you are referencing is an extreme case and that's why it made news, and it happens to be a very well known story with the evidence being literally in the capital city. Seems like you are suffering from an extreme case of survivor bias.
It seems whenever I have in-depth knowledge of something, and see a journalist's reporting on it, it's all wrong.
For example, I was in a building once when a natural gas leak caused the roof to blow off. I recorded 3 local news casts about it later that evening. They all got major facts completely wrong. They said it was a warehouse (it was an office building). They said the building was cleared before it blew (I was in it when it blew, the firemen never suggested I leave).
Another one is the 737MAX crashes. The popular press consistently misrepresents and misreports it. (I've posted about that here many times.)
And, quite obviously, the mainstream media in the US has been completely misrepresenting current events. Do you think that's a modern phenomenon? I don't. I suspect it has always been happening, it's just that the internet has exposed it.
So much of it is that when archaeologists confirm a historical account, it's news. I recall when King Richard's body was dug up under a parking lot, the historians were shocked to discover he really did have a seriously curved spine. They had thought that the accounts of his disability were just propaganda by his enemies.
No its not news most of the time. The situation you are referencing is an extreme case and that's why it made news, and it happens to be a very well known story with the evidence being literally in the capital city. Seems like you are suffering from an extreme case of survivor bias.
It seems whenever I have in-depth knowledge of something, and see a journalist's reporting on it, it's all wrong.
For example, I was in a building once when a natural gas leak caused the roof to blow off. I recorded 3 local news casts about it later that evening. They all got major facts completely wrong. They said it was a warehouse (it was an office building). They said the building was cleared before it blew (I was in it when it blew, the firemen never suggested I leave).
Another one is the 737MAX crashes. The popular press consistently misrepresents and misreports it. (I've posted about that here many times.)
And, quite obviously, the mainstream media in the US has been completely misrepresenting current events. Do you think that's a modern phenomenon? I don't. I suspect it has always been happening, it's just that the internet has exposed it.
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