Editorial cartoonist Tom Toles takes Data Journalists to task:
The real issue is Relative Importance. Some data are REALLY important, and some are not. Let’s describe it as like the difference between the Sun and a Grapefruit. Data journalism as it’s normally talked about tends to treat them as kinda the same. Data! What am I working up to here? I’m working up to THIS. (via Friday Rant: Data-Driven to Distraction edition)
Barbara K Iverson 