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In case you didn’t take Beth’s hint, allow me to reiterate it here. The chief reason for loving You’re Wrong About is the accuracy of its title: No matter how well-informed you think you are about the real stories behind the news, chances are good that your understanding of whatever a given episodes happens to be focused on has been warped by media misrepresentation, political spin, and good old human laziness. Take, for example, the infamous case of the woman who sued McDonald’s after spilling coffee on her lap. It has been memorialized as the epitome of irresponsible lawsuits—an innocent corporation forced to foot the bill for human stupidity!
But actually, the woman wasn’t carelessly driving with the cup between her legs or expecting a big payout over minor injuries. She was in the passenger seat in a parked car and dumped her coffee while adding creamer (an accident that could’ve happened to anyone); she was severely scalded—we’re talking third-degree burns that caused her to be partially disabled for more than two years—by near-boiling liquid McDonald’s already knew it was serving too hot.
Realizing how wrong we all were about this infamous incident is a good reminder that we need to be careful about listening uncritically to the loudest version of the truth, whatever its source—be it a trending headline, cable news outlets, or the collected wisdom of our Facebook feeds. —Joel Cunningham, deputy editor
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