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Ask Slashdot: Can US Citizens Trust Government Data? (msn.com)
mmell writes: An editorial in the Washington Post and made publicly available via an MSN news feed has asked the question: "In the Trump administration era of 'alternative facts,' what happens to government data?" Given that Slashdot members (and readers) may represent a somewhat more in-the-know crowd on matters concerning data integrity and trustworthiness, I thought this would be a good place to ask: can we trust (or has anyone ever really trusted) government data? One might think government data would all be cut 'n' dried and not subject to manipulation, but I personally remember when government data back early in the Reagan presidency went from reporting nearly 15% unemployment nationwide to well under 6% by redefining what "unemployed" meant. So . . . has government data ever been trustworthy, and is it still so?
Trump is about Truth. In fact, Trump is Truth itself (as opposed to Crooked Hilary).
So since Trump has won, there's only Truth!
(Captcha was "suspects". Perhaps Slashdot's AI has noticed something fishy. What could it be, what could it be?)
He's right though. Most 9 year olds I know aren't working. They should be sent to work in the coal mines to help make America great again!
Damn lazy kids going to school and playing Mario Brothers instead of working the coal mines like they're supposed to.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
You are a bigot.
You sound like the kind of person who'd go to an anti-Trump riot and burn a limousine owned by a black anti-Trump Democrat.
In other words, a typical progtard.
that 'Alternative Facts' will be the phrase of the year.