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The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect, coined by author Michael Crichton, describes a common cognitive bias where people spot glaring errors and distortions in media coverage of topics they know well—such as physics for Murray Gell-Mann or show business for Crichton—yet immediately trust the same outlet's reporting on unfamiliar subjects without skepticism.

This "amnesia" happens because we compartmentalize our distrust, forgetting the proven unreliability of the source as we turn the page to national or international news, assuming greater accuracy elsewhere.

Overcoming it requires applying consistent scrutiny across all topics, recognizing that journalistic incompetence or bias doesn't vanish outside one's expertise.