It seems irresponsible that Ben Recht should draft this article without giving the authors a chance to provide input. In proper journalism, writers reach out to

It seems irresponsible that Ben Recht should draft this article without giving the authors a chance to provide input. In proper journalism, writers reach out to the person they’re reporting about or on for comments. It would certainly have saved Recht the embarrassment, and now he wouldn’t be unnecessarily doubling down on incorrect claims. Recht should probably correct himself here (maybe by writing another article in collaboration with Gelman etc.), and people should be okay with other people making mistakes, and accepting apologies or mea culpas. Information is complex, and there are very few geniuses capable of understanding or synthesizing everything in isolation. It’s best to assume good faith work and collaborate to promote collective understanding. Edit: ah okay, so this is related to politics somehow, and expectedly the discussion is devoid of reason. Or sense, apparently—see one comment in the blog where “the consensus is that there is no consensus”, whatever the fuck that means.