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<blockquote data-quote="Dannager" data-source="post: 5650686" data-attributes="member: 73683"><p>ICv2 covers a very limited view of the market as a whole (it restricts itself to hobby retailers alone, and relies solely on interviews with hobby retail owners rather than hard data). You know this, undoubtedly, as you reported on it. The tag line "Pathfinder outsells D&D" does not follow from the ICv2 report; it gives the impression that Pathfinder is outselling D&D <em>without qualification</em>, which is not the case (as far as any of us know). It is irresponsible reporting to not disclaim the mention of the ICv2 report with a note that reads something along the lines of "Note: ICv2 covers a very limited segment of the market. Pathfinder might not actually be outselling D&D."</p><p></p><p>In the same way that you wouldn't write an article entitled "Burger King Outsells McDonald's" using only data from a single midwest town (and then neglect to mention to your readers that you're only using data from a single midwest town), you should not write an article on Pathfinder outselling D&D that fails to mention online retailers, major bookselling chains, big box stores like Target and Walmart, direct sales, online subscriptions, or hobby retailers who were not interviewed by ICv2.</p><p></p><p>So my question is: why did you decide not to disclaim the report? It's clear that good journalism dictates that you <em>ought</em> to, and it's a pretty awful excuse to put the onus on your reader of visiting another website in order to find information that <em>you</em> ought to mention in your own report. It's unquestionable that the limitations of the ICv2 report are significant enough to receive mention in your article; they undermine the entire headline. So I'm forced to one of two conclusions: you either honestly think that the ICv2 report doesn't need to be disclaimed (which says unflattering things about your journalism), or you were purposefully writing the report in such a way as to favor Pathfinder due to a personal bias (which says <em>very</em> unflattering things about your journalism).</p><p></p><p>It is a simple matter to fix this: go back and edit your article. The disclaimer on the ICv2 report <em>should</em> be in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannager, post: 5650686, member: 73683"] ICv2 covers a very limited view of the market as a whole (it restricts itself to hobby retailers alone, and relies solely on interviews with hobby retail owners rather than hard data). You know this, undoubtedly, as you reported on it. The tag line "Pathfinder outsells D&D" does not follow from the ICv2 report; it gives the impression that Pathfinder is outselling D&D [I]without qualification[/I], which is not the case (as far as any of us know). It is irresponsible reporting to not disclaim the mention of the ICv2 report with a note that reads something along the lines of "Note: ICv2 covers a very limited segment of the market. Pathfinder might not actually be outselling D&D." In the same way that you wouldn't write an article entitled "Burger King Outsells McDonald's" using only data from a single midwest town (and then neglect to mention to your readers that you're only using data from a single midwest town), you should not write an article on Pathfinder outselling D&D that fails to mention online retailers, major bookselling chains, big box stores like Target and Walmart, direct sales, online subscriptions, or hobby retailers who were not interviewed by ICv2. So my question is: why did you decide not to disclaim the report? It's clear that good journalism dictates that you [I]ought[/I] to, and it's a pretty awful excuse to put the onus on your reader of visiting another website in order to find information that [I]you[/I] ought to mention in your own report. It's unquestionable that the limitations of the ICv2 report are significant enough to receive mention in your article; they undermine the entire headline. So I'm forced to one of two conclusions: you either honestly think that the ICv2 report doesn't need to be disclaimed (which says unflattering things about your journalism), or you were purposefully writing the report in such a way as to favor Pathfinder due to a personal bias (which says [I]very[/I] unflattering things about your journalism). It is a simple matter to fix this: go back and edit your article. The disclaimer on the ICv2 report [I]should[/I] be in there. [/QUOTE]
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