The Newsroom

You're the data desk at a newsroom on deadline. Stories come in fast, each riding a claim and a chart that may not hold up. For every one you do two things: name the statistical flaw, then decide what to run. It starts with an obvious online poll. It ends on election eve, with a biased poll everyone wants to believe — and a vote riding on your call.

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CredibilityYour standing. Publish something false and it craters. Zero → you're done.

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ReachAudience & impact. Bold, correct calls grow it; a retraction tanks it.

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HeatControversy & legal exposure. Over 100% forces a public correction.

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Newsroom trustThe editor's faith in your judgement. Recklessness and over-caution both cost it.

One shift on the data desk. Every story is a stats trap in disguise.