I've written before that increased transparency and data journalism will help us better understand world events. It turns out that the vast quantities of readily available information also make it easier to call out bogus claims.
Big Data and Big Idiots
Exhibit A: The recent Donald Trump fiasco. The Washington Post recently eviscerated the buffoon presidential candidate's racist and apocryphal claims about immigrants and crime.
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