We need more journalism that uses data to support a story. In the UK, there are countless reports in the national press where journalists simply dress opinion a

We need more journalism that uses data to support a story. In the UK, there are countless reports in the national press where journalists simply dress opinion as fact or push their own beliefs often in a deliberately misleading way. Even opinion pieces ("op-ed") state facts which may not be true but which supports the opinion writers' point of view. There's an interesting experiment from the UK Daily Mirror (a broadly left-leaning tabloid newspaper) called ampp3d: a website which tries to use facts and infographics to tell a story. The editorial tone varies quite a bit from story to story, but tends towards the informal and light. I like aspects of their approach and can see the potential but I actually wish they were more rigorous in picking their sources. Here's an example where they try and unravel claims about welfare benefits: http://ampp3d.mirror.co.uk/2014/02/04/wed-rather-have-big-benefits-facts-than-a-big-benefits-row/ http://ampp3d.mirror.co.uk/2014/02/04/wed-rather-have-big-be...