Boring People Fight

The idea of a feud between the proponents of anecdotal reportage and the number-crunching whiz kids who have replaced them in the election-following public’s esteem is so delightful that it almost made me want to listen to a podcast, but my life is still not that sad yet, so I’m glad there’s a write-up about it. For the record I am inclined to side with the stats geeks on this one, but I also think the fact that so much of our political “journalism” focuses solely on WHO WILL WIN is a leading reason this country is the epic shithole dystopia of broken dreams and hopelessness that it is for almost everyone that the press only pays attention to during horse race season, so fuck ’em both. I also have thoughts about all those reporters who got mad about getting called out for being part of the White House steno pool but that is enough from me on media for the week.