#MediaRumble: Numbers Speak the Loudest and Cherry Picking Data

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Channel: newslaundry · 2018 · News & Politics

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In this session of Media Rumble moderated by Seema Singh along with Pramit Bhattacharya, the data editor at Mint, John Samuel Raja Duraipandy, an economist and founder of How India Lives, Rakesh Reddy Dubbudu, Founder of FACTLY and Rukmini S, Data Journalist, discuss the importance of data management and debate on how and if numbers are the most efficient way of speaking truth to power.

The panel discussion is followed by a presentation by Vivek Kaul on political parties and companies cherry pick data.

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