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TV news can talk to us like we’re ever so slightly more intelligent than they are. They’re on friendly terms with us and they give us the executive summary.
Wait a minute, says a seasoned news person.
From the letters and phone calls, and the crummy social media, I can guarantee you that people aren’t more intelligent than we are, no matter how slightly you want to measure it.
But you still might want to pretend that they are. Because talking down to people is poison.
So, with natural disasters, just level with people, the degree of uncertainty, all of it.
Wait a minute, says a seasoned news person.
From the letters and phone calls, and the crummy social media, I can guarantee you that people aren’t more intelligent than we are, no matter how slightly you want to measure it.
But you still might want to pretend that they are. Because talking down to people is poison.
So, with natural disasters, just level with people, the degree of uncertainty, all of it.