hah, true, but doesn't work. Too short; some see, some don't. Hard to understand. Burden was on topline, to communicate better.
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Replying to @zeynep
do we know how many reporters visited the 538 topline and didn't read footnotes?
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Replying to @derekwillis
hahaha would love a survey and would bet you an expensive dinner 1-they don't; 2-not written at their level.
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Replying to @zeynep
seems like you're putting most of blame on forecasting, which strikes me as very unfair.
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Replying to @derekwillis
Gosh no. Hard to untangle. Communicating —plainly & visually—uncertainty & error have to become integral to data journalism.
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Replying to @zeynep
you've spent a lot of time saying that forecasting had huge influence on reporters, editors & voters.
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Replying to @derekwillis
zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
I think it did. Would they fail as bad on editorial allocation without it? Dunno. Maybe, maybe not.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/802656352799629312 …
zeynep tufekci added,
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Replying to @zeynep
and there are no other possible factors of equal weight? TV coverage?
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Replying to @derekwillis
I can name ten factors; doesn't make any one of them not worth exploring, especially if it is one's field.
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Replying to @zeynep
my beef: b/c forecasting actually involves presenting data, it's much easier to blame than messier stuff.
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Trad media: it's fake news. Data journalists: it's mass media & FBI. Voters: it's mass media. Dems: It's the FBI and fake news.
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Replying to @derekwillis
Yes. Look, I wrote up my own part of it http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-is-in-denial.html … but even that is playing out weirdly.
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