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Journalists do not see through BS data. Any data is good data for news hits. In a previous life I created data for media, and my attempts to provide correct an
by Evbn 14y ago
Journalists do not see through BS data. Any data is good data for news hits.
In a previous life I created data for media, and my attempts to provide correct analysis and context were disregarded or shut down.
- asanwal 14y agoPerhaps, but we're optimizing our journalist/blogger relationships for the long-term, i.e., when they have a question on X topic, they will call us first. Sure - they might not write about everything we offer them, but we want everything we send them to be seen as credible, interesting, and sometimes contrarian. I'm not sure a few extra press hits will be worth the hit to credibility of taking a short cut.