I don’t find this compelling. The statement “The Centre for Effective Altruism spent £15m on a country manor house” is completely true as written. I don’t think the extra details substantially change the moral or optical picture here.
On the first point, “factually correct” doesn’t mean “not misleading,” especially when some details are omitted. Which was the second point, but “I said something factually correct” doesn’t really seem like much of a defense against the claim that the extra details matter.
I don’t find this compelling. The statement “The Centre for Effective Altruism spent £15m on a country manor house” is completely true as written. I don’t think the extra details substantially change the moral or optical picture here.
See my other comment explaining why I disagree with this.
Which part? The claim that an entity called CEA bought a manor house, or the claim that the extra details don’t substantially change the picture?
I claim the first of these is uncomplicatedly factually correct. The second is obviously more subjective.
On the first point, “factually correct” doesn’t mean “not misleading,” especially when some details are omitted. Which was the second point, but “I said something factually correct” doesn’t really seem like much of a defense against the claim that the extra details matter.