Comments on: Off topic: Tomorrow’s reporters http://economicwoman.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/ Econometrics, gender, equity and more. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:48:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric http://economicwoman.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-319 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:31:13 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-319 Better basic math/statistics.

]]> By: Diversity http://economicwoman.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-299 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:34:37 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-299 News is news. Select it as things that the readers will regret not seeing; not as background to a line you want to put over.

Comment is comment. Always make that clear.

Read and remember that excellent (and short) textbook “How to Lie with Statistics” by Darrell Huff.

]]> By: Meg http://economicwoman.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-290 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:18:50 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-290 More fact checking, less fear mongering, and less fluff news — on the global scale there’s no such thing as a “slow news day” so bad that there’s a reason to do any kind of story on celebrities or kittens stuck in trees or nice old ladies that use Facebook. I think getting the math right could fall under fact checking. They don’t need to actually be able to do the math themselves, but it’d be nice if they learned to use a calculator properly, or asked a “basic math” expert (like their children :P ).

]]> By: Anti-chrysler http://economicwoman.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-285 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:16:08 +0000 http://economicwoman.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/off-topic-tomorrows-reporters/#comment-285 A commitment to fact checking indeed. And please, PLEASE, stop the abuse and manipulation of statistics, interpreted to produced manufactured outrage. Enough already, of the potential dangers lurking around every corner. As well, once the horse is dead, leave it be.

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