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I 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, re

I 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 ago
It's OK to expect better from both journalists and companies.
jobu 5y ago
Data-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 ago
Here we are in the comment thread of an article of a journalist reporting this very analysis.