No idea if Sanders could have won. This was a razor-thin election. Clinton almost won. There is no realignment. Yet. https://twitter.com/CoralSeason8/status/796714617732898816 …
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I can't RT this enough. "Data journalism" has misled lots of people, as they developed their "factiness" over truth. http://nathanjurgenson.com/post/152938927255/factiness …pic.twitter.com/MPWIpCyvgL
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted nathanjurgenson
Don't let it be normalized. "Data journalism" failed. Mass media made election into spectacle. Socia media inflamed.https://twitter.com/nathanjurgenson/status/796783549256990720 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dean S
I railed against this a lot. Will dig up threads. Decimal point certainty. Air of scientism. Constant updating.https://twitter.com/dinostraciatela/status/796789080403152896 …
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538 presentation "topline" was clickbait reliant on statistical illiteracy. Silver did communicate otherwise on Twitter but kept site same.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted walmart in shambles
Yep. The presentation was misleading, and people kept refreshing. It's not just that polls are (obviously) failing.https://twitter.com/akerfoot/status/796791285814161409 …
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I don't follow, why criticize a site for simply calculating the odds? In sport you don't blame the bookmaker when (1/2)
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...an upset occurs, you instead marvel at the unusual nature of the outcome. The odds merely help show the extent of an upset (2/2)
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The presentation was misleading. The footnotes were fine.
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they posted methodology, posts and had podcast explaining and talked about errors. don't think it's fair to blame them.
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Their topline was absolutely misleading, the fine print was fine. Clickbait.
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that's where we disagree. I wouldn't agree that podcasts, tweets, methodology, explainers etc. is small print.
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fully agree Seanie.
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