That's another crazy thing about this crisis. I do not default to "big if true" about *any* news story anymore.

Not even from big reputable papers, not even for hard news.

I default to "we should wait for more verified info before forming any opinions"

The story that broke me was the NYT story about uber-rich real-estate owners getting a tax break from the relief bill for real-estate losses and I said "hey, does that apply to me, a small-time investment property owner?" and I read the whole damn article and never found out

The article *said* that deductible real-estate losses are capped at $500K per year and I know, as a point of fact, that this is not a true statement.

I never found out where they got that info. They just... said it and expected me to believe it.