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“Verifying preprints appeared to be a real challenge for journalists, even for those with advanced science education.”
The outcomes confirmed anew that election polling is an uneven and high-risk pursuit.
“A keyword-focused ‘close enough, good enough’ approach to white Christian nationalism risks misdiagnosing problems, muddling solutions, and alienating potentially reachable readers.”
In the case of break-and-enter stories, “everybody recognized that a poor execution of the idea would be a problem.”
“Some of the finest journalism I’ve been associated with started out as an inkling.”
How Spotlight PA, Injustice Watch, and The 19th are moving beyond horse-race reporting.
Saying Democrats want to give African Americans money as thanks for all the crimes they’ve committed against white people — is that racist? Or still just “racially charged”?
“The media treating Twitter like an assignment editor is one of the fundamental errors that enabled meme warriors to play everyone.”
“We can try to address inequities by being conscientious about who we feature in our coverage over a period of time.”
“I wouldn’t want any readers to get the impression that we have, like, millions of dollars in venture capital that we’re [spending on] sushi Thursdays.”