Is it just me, or does the sentiment expressed here by @mattyglesias and elsewhere by @ezraklein justify just about any political opinion? They say there are enough facts to support any opinion, so how can they say they are right in any meaningful sense?
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Data journalism was a big idea a-borning maybe five years ago. Ezra and Matty had the bright idea to abort the baby, turn its hide into a mask, and use that to sell the same old ideological sausage. Now that 538 is marginalized, they don't keep up the pretense much.
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Replying to @St_Rev @tomthecamel2093 and
But they're still committed to owning the marketing space labeled "fact-based journalism", and that means crushing any potential rivals. They hate Quillette precisely because it's accumulating credibility on their turf, no more and no less.
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