Skeptics, however, warn that the mass media dictate the voices we hear and are less interested in reasoned debate than in catering to popular prejudices. As a result, fame could be negatively, not positively, correlated with long-run accuracy.
但持怀疑态度的人警告说大众传媒决定着我们能听到些什么，与进行逻辑辩论相比，它们更愿意迎合大众固有的偏见。因此，某位专家的声誉高低可能与其长期观点的正确与否成反比、而不是正比关系。