Is there any possible realistic (or extant) way that people can be held accountable for their indirect predictions or lies? If political pundit John says on The News that 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and this demonstrates how the current president's policies are causing people to struggle, then Jane comes on next week and describes how the statistic comes from a poorly worded survey question and really only 15% of people are struggling and it's less than it was, is there a way to have some consequence for John for being wrong? Apart from forcing every pundit to bet on their predictions if they want to go on TV, I can't think of one, but maybe you know of one?
Is there any possible realistic (or extant) way that people can be held accountable for their indirect predictions or lies? If political pundit John says on The News that 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and this demonstrates how the current president's policies are causing people to struggle, then Jane comes on next week and describes how the statistic comes from a poorly worded survey question and really only 15% of people are struggling and it's less than it was, is there a way to have some consequence for John for being wrong? Apart from forcing every pundit to bet on their predictions if they want to go on TV, I can't think of one, but maybe you know of one?