This statement by the New York Times public editor certainly reads like a rebuke of reporter John Broder for how thoroughly he (didn't) take notes during his re

This statement by the New York Times public editor certainly reads like a rebuke of reporter John Broder for how thoroughly he (didn't) take notes during his reporting drive, and suggests that reporters will have a responsibility to bring along more electronic data-recording devices in future reporting. The latest blog post by Bruce Schneier http://schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/02/automobile_data.html http://schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/02/automobile_data.ht... (also just submitted to HN, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5241508 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5241508 moments after this story was submitted) suggests that even with a journalist leading a quantified life to submit quantified stories, there will still be issues of interpretation of the data that will be very hard to resolves, especially when a corporation wants to sell cars with a public subsidy while a news organization wants to preserve a reputation of hard-hitting, non-toadying journalism.