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by schmichael
921 days ago
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I totally respect that decision and mostly stay away from partisan or rage bait media myself. There's 3 reasons I make an exception for If Books Could Kill: 1. Entertainment value - their banter is just funny. I don't have to agree with 100% of what they say to just enjoy funny banter. 2. They care about Methodology - Michael Hobbes in particular is great at pointing out when news media misrepresents a study by drawing conclusions the study's methodology in no way supports. For this episode talking about how terrible crime statistics in America often are is relevant. Which leads me to #3... 3. They just read the source material. Most of this story is based on just reading the original "ORC" report and showing how devoid of substantiated facts it was. Sure, some types of crime are up! Crime in some places is up! They don't deny that, but they contextualize it. The report that started the national media cycle is quite silly when examined directly. |
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