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A "hit piece" is not "something I disagree with." This article presents a very clear line of argument that can be discussed without resorting to the sort of tac
by hvs 12y ago
A "hit piece" is not "something I disagree with." This article presents a very clear line of argument that can be discussed without resorting to the sort of tactics usually associated with "hit pieces". You may not agree with the author, but I think "hit piece" is a bit harsh.
- humanrebar 12y agoIt's also fair to say that the same skeptical lens applied to the charter schools is not also applied to other kinds of schools and schooling techniques. I agree that statistics are massively abused in politics, and ironically these sorts of post hoc ergo propter hoc arguments are especially prevalent when it comes to issues of education. Take, for example, the recent push for universal public preschool.
- crusso 12y agoIt purports to be an article about correctly analyzing Charter school articles, but then it goes into advocacy mode cherry picking the stats it wants to while framing the whole argument in a specific light. I didn't call it a "hit piece" because I necessarily disagree with the statistics the author chose to present. I called it a hit piece because of the specific statistics the author chose to present and the condescending manner in which the author presented them.