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An average person doesn't need to directly access the data. As long as journalists or researchers can, an avg person could rely on their analysis/opinion instea
by shihab 5y ago
An average person doesn't need to directly access the data. As long as journalists or researchers can, an avg person could rely on their analysis/opinion instead.
- dahfizz 5y agoI would certainly not rely on journalists' to actually have a look at the data, let alone to have the technical skills to analyze and report on it. As it is, reporters don't bother mentioning / linking to the data, or mentioning the lack of publicly available data.
- ceejayoz 5y agoIt's OK to expect better from both journalists and companies.
- jobu 5y agoData-journalism is actually a thing, and bigger organizations like the New York Times have done some pretty impressive work building tools and training programs for their reporters. https://open.nytimes.com/how-we-helped-our-reporters-learn-to-love-spreadsheets-adc43a93b919 https://open.nytimes.com/how-we-helped-our-reporters-learn-t...
- asdff 5y agoHere we are in the comment thread of an article of a journalist reporting this very analysis.