How is it a stupid, lazy take? What do you disagree with? I didn't critique 538. I critiqued her argument and data journalism in general.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/915976141789216768 …
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You said she had not given "much of any real thought to the gun issue"—but you didn't bother to read the project she worked on for 3 months.
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It's also lazy/weird to hold up the article series as an example of "data journalism" when it involved a lot of *traditional* reporting.
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Call it what you want, but it was really a poorly-conceived piece. It shared weaknesses with traditional journalism — shaky contrarianism.
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The problem: it's framed as "this is where the data led me"—sure, if you don't understand how policy or this issue works. Fly-by opinion.
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In fairness, many journalists and opinion writers do this. I'd still call it an ignorant piece regardless of data versus traditional debate.
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