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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Yeah. The notion of "show, don't tell, the reader" (i.e. lay out the case and leave some things unsaid) can be valuable in some contexts, like maybe a longform magazine feature. But it's a pretty bad idea for an A1 story in the NYT, when you want to be direct and avoid ambiguity. — PolitiTweet.org

This is a great interview by @lizzieohreally. Baquet really lays it all out. This, here, is the problem. It's not m… https://t.co/nEp3kMWf0B

Posted Aug. 8, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

If you think you can outsmart the algorithm by eyeballing and spitballing, more power to you, but most articles claiming there's an increase/decrease in Trump approval when our algo doesn't see one haven't held up well and are just picking up on noise to build clicky narratives. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 7, 2019 Hibernated

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Using a term like "racially charged" is almost like a reverse-dogwhistle. Savvy NYT subscribers will recognize that it's just a euphemism for "racist". But maybe those rubes in flyover country will not and will give the NYT a pass from accusations of being biased/ partisan. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 8, 2019 Hibernated