#178 Free Press Too Free?

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1. reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors
-7 to -0 Civil Rights (mean -3.5327)
-6.78 to -0 Political Freedom (mean -2.3898)
-0.1 to +0.45 Death Rate (mean +0.0070)
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+0 to +6.84 Social Conservatism (mean +3.3113)
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+0 to +162.57 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean +68.7236)
+0 to +178.48 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean +84.4673)
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-3.88 to +111.18 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean +19.5455)
-92.64 to +226.16 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean +63.2387)
-103.27 to +165.63 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean +26.2486)
+0 to +179.3 Sector: Agriculture (mean +61.6884)
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-17.23 to +183.75 Industry: Retail (mean +39.3948)
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-68.86 to +8.4 Law Enforcement (mean -19.4166)
-64.56 to +8.38 Business Subsidization (mean -16.4114)
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-0.23 to +3.38 Ignorance (mean +0.2986)
-1 to -0 Weather (mean -0.9821)
-0.13 to +0.23 Compliance (mean +0.0154)
-4.21 to +0.24 Safety (mean -0.6007)
-0.1 to +0.03 Lifespan (mean -0.0036)
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-72.04 to +5.18 Defense Forces (mean -20.6166)
-0.41 to +4.38 Pacifism (mean +0.5454)
-1.41 to +0.13 Taxation (mean -0.2955)
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-0.29 to +0.01 Weaponization (mean -0.0116)
-10.62 to -0 Recreational Drug Use (mean -2.1143)
-0.09 to +0.07 Obesity (mean -0.0036)
-1.98 to -0 Environmental Beauty (mean -0.8136)
-1.68 to +1.96 Charmlessness (mean +0.0582)
-2.76 to +5.5 Averageness (mean -0.0066)
+0 to +0.44 Human Development Index (mean +0.0845)
-24.5 to -0 Primitiveness (mean -1.5771)
+0 to +21.45 Scientific Advancement (mean +2.4321)
-197.24 to +1231.87 Average Income (mean +511.3232)
-179.14 to +648.98 Average Income of Poor (mean +228.1593)
-269 to +4926 Average Income of Rich (mean +1211.5714)
-66.15 to +17.29 Public Education (mean -17.5475)
-0.09 to +0.46 Crime (mean +0.0086)
-12.28 to +4.26 Foreign Aid (mean -1.2416)
-148.45 to +1557.93 Average Disposable Income (mean +580.7216)
+0 to +0.32 Patriotism (mean +0.0593)
+0 to +0.54 Food Quality (mean +0.1409)
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes adds notability: barren, inhospitable landscape
sometimes removes notability: hatred of cheese
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: restrictive gun laws
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2024-12-07
2023-01-11
2024-11-02
2024-02-21
2023-04-09
2. truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news
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-0.74 to -0 Economy (mean -0.0163)
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-0.22 to +1.41 Wealth Gaps (mean +0.0168)
-3.48 to +1.87 Death Rate (mean -0.0252)
-1.38 to +0.31 Compassion (mean -0.0186)
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-2.67 to +2.08 Social Conservatism (mean -0.5854)
-0.5 to +6.75 Nudity (mean +0.6937)
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-662.64 to -0 Industry: Cheese Exports (mean -72.9496)
-238.62 to -0 Industry: Basket Weaving (mean -77.2806)
-284.56 to +183.01 Industry: Information Technology (mean -133.5646)
-190.15 to +9.19 Industry: Pizza Delivery (mean -45.4718)
-245.33 to +22.41 Industry: Trout Fishing (mean -58.5299)
-193.32 to +447.07 Industry: Arms Manufacturing (mean -43.5455)
-177.36 to -0 Sector: Agriculture (mean -58.2508)
-414.15 to -0 Industry: Beverage Sales (mean -57.1277)
-155.46 to -0 Industry: Timber Woodchipping (mean -63.5251)
-145.92 to +54.92 Industry: Mining (mean -58.7575)
-218.44 to +14.32 Industry: Insurance (mean -66.8717)
-286.43 to -0 Industry: Furniture Restoration (mean -75.9365)
-193.01 to +104.67 Industry: Retail (mean -42.0648)
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-245.37 to +234.66 Industry: Gambling (mean -8.5407)
-449.83 to +430.17 Sector: Manufacturing (mean -175.6880)
-0.08 to +0.04 Government Size (mean -0.0003)
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+0 to +119.51 Public Healthcare (mean +15.3734)
-82.3 to +92.75 Law Enforcement (mean +9.5696)
+0 to +61.98 Business Subsidization (mean +13.4823)
-0.1 to +0.38 Income Equality (mean +0.0039)
-1.46 to +0.01 Niceness (mean -0.0230)
-0.26 to +99.31 Rudeness (mean +2.9449)
-0.52 to +1.27 Intelligence (mean +0.2452)
-3.22 to +0.89 Ignorance (mean -0.1206)
+0 to +4 Weather (mean +1.0282)
-0.74 to +0.44 Compliance (mean +0.0208)
-0.36 to +2.67 Safety (mean +0.3677)
-0.14 to +0.84 Lifespan (mean +0.0214)
-3.49 to +2.63 Ideological Radicality (mean +0.1911)
+0 to +98.72 Defense Forces (mean +14.3659)
-1.71 to +0.13 Pacifism (mean -0.1694)
-1.11 to +0.63 Economic Freedom (mean -0.0068)
+0 to +1.58 Taxation (mean +0.3555)
-1.44 to +0.29 Freedom From Taxation (mean -0.7485)
-8.03 to +1.2 Corruption (mean -0.4569)
-0.14 to +1.46 Integrity (mean +0.1014)
-342.65 to -0 Authoritarianism (mean -24.1297)
-0.45 to +0.01 Employment (mean -0.0521)
+0 to +29.89 Public Transport (mean +5.4276)
-15.21 to +8.46 Tourism (mean -1.9475)
-0.08 to +0.16 Weaponization (mean +0.0011)
-136.62 to +14.79 Recreational Drug Use (mean -1.0118)
-0.45 to +0.06 Obesity (mean -0.0100)
+0 to +10.93 Environmental Beauty (mean +0.9746)
-1.93 to +9.96 Charmlessness (mean +0.1842)
-2.63 to +3.49 Averageness (mean -0.1911)
-0.46 to +0.11 Human Development Index (mean -0.0893)
+0 to +21.56 Primitiveness (mean +1.8690)
-8.18 to -0 Scientific Advancement (mean -2.3779)
-1172.58 to +622.19 Average Income (mean -505.9661)
-885.27 to +18.57 Average Income of Poor (mean -212.9537)
-9975 to +4955 Average Income of Rich (mean -1358.2817)
+0 to +72.37 Public Education (mean +18.3170)
-0.36 to +0.28 Crime (mean -0.0154)
+0 to +25.17 Foreign Aid (mean +1.6386)
-1646.81 to -0 Average Disposable Income (mean -646.1734)
-0.16 to +0.03 Patriotism (mean -0.0152)
-0.47 to -0 Food Quality (mean -0.1079)
sometimes adds notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes removes notability: barren, inhospitable landscape
sometimes adds notability: hatred of cheese
may add or remove notability: punitive income tax rates
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2025-04-02
2024-06-03
2023-09-30
2023-03-14
3. all news sources are under strict government control
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-8.73 to +326.45 Industry: Information Technology (mean +112.5922)
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-134.36 to +302.17 Industry: Gambling (mean +51.5667)
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-110.37 to +26.87 Business Subsidization (mean -39.2544)
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-47.66 to -1.47 Rudeness (mean -16.5756)
-2.44 to -0.01 Intelligence (mean -0.8533)
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-1 Weather
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-7.29 to -0.02 Safety (mean -1.3611)
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-0.33 to -0 Crime (mean -0.0422)
-5.5 to -0 Foreign Aid (mean -1.4767)
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-0.37 to +0.28 Food Quality (mean -0.0344)
adds policy: State Press
sometimes removes notability: absence of drug laws
sometimes removes notability: punitive income tax rates
sometimes adds notability: restrictive gun laws
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2025-04-19
2025-03-19
2024-05-23
2023-09-04

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