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I think that it’s quite responsible not to speculate on something they’re not an expert on.

It’s exactly the sort of news bite that catastrophists glom onto.

This is responsible journalism.

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> I think that it’s quite responsible not to speculate on something they’re not an expert on.

"Recent satellite maps show Mexico City getting closer to hell at alarming rate"

They could just call a geologist and ask, or cite some published works on the topic. It's not responsible, it's lazy.

This is a phys.org "article". They're usually just rehashed press releases, and this one is particularly bad - it's literally just the NASA press release with the last 2 paragraphs chopped off. https://www.nasa.gov/missions/nisar/us-indian-space-mission-...

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