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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by treehau5 on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:46AM (#12964816)
Statistics and data are a means, not an end. Narratives and conclusions must be made by people.

That said, I agree a little more data wouldn't hurt.

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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by flukus on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @01:44AM (#12965009)
That's the problem. I don't want my news to be narratives and conclusions.
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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by sidlls on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:28AM (#12965157)
News isn't experimental data.
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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by flukus on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @03:52AM (#12965433)
No, but they can report information without having to turn stuff into a narrative.
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Re:Biggest Spike in Traffic Deaths in 50 Years? Blame Apps by jacobush on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @04:49AM (#12965687)
Then we will complain about that. "Yes, but what does it MEAN?!"
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