Yea, I did. I agree my comment was tangential to the article title, but the idea is that the overconfidence in these sorts of stories might be at least partially attributable to journalists overemphasizing importance/impact/emotions to the detriment of accuracy/skepticism. (I actually said something to this effect when I first wrote my comment, then removed it because I felt like I was editorializing too much.)
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Yea, I did. I agree my comment was tangential to the article title, but the idea is that the overconfidence in these sorts of stories might be at least partially attributable to journalists overemphasizing importance/impact/emotions to the detriment of accuracy/skepticism. (I actually said something to this effect when I first wrote my comment, then removed it because I felt like I was editorializing too much.)