Gothamist: Unscientific and Stupid
6 months ago, I stopped reading Gothamist cold turkey. I was annoyed that Jake Dobkin, the publisher, kept defending graffiti vandals as if they were doing some great community service in defacing people’s property. I also got tired of their agenda-driven reporting on news stories and their rabid left-wingism. Mind you, I’m not the type to ignore a site because I disagree with it, but blind blatant politics with an agenda turn me off. It didn’t last though, mainly because when Gothamist is good, they’re very good, and I’m back to reading albeit with a bunch of me shutting up and pretending not to notice their shortcomings.
Seeing as Gothamist rarely ever interjects any critical thought into their articles, this one really put me over the edge. After showing a warehouse with OBAMA painted on the windows, a sidewalk painted with Obama and Obamawick (a contraction of Obama and Bushwick) and some exploited kids doing a “Bakesale for Obama,” Gothamist concludes as follows…
It’s pretty safe to say many New Yorkers are aligned with the Democratic party, but it’s unclear who NYC’s registered Democrats will vote for on primary day – Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Though in the highly unscientific survey of sights around the city over the past week (and year), it seems the senator from Illinois has an edge.
It’s unclear? Is it? Really? Now mind you, they do say their “poll” is unscientific, but whether their poll is scientific or not is not at issue. The part about it being unclear who New Yorkers are going to vote for is simply ridiculous to anyone who lives in this city outside of Park Slope, Greenwich Village, and Williamsburg. For anyone who would like to see it, here’s what people who actually use statistical data have to say…
Unclear? I guess if you call having an average lead of 23 points in the polls unclear, then we certainly might need to ask the question of who people want.
Give me a break, Gothamist.
February 1st, 2008 at 12:23 am
I’ve never been to the Gothamist site, but support your disapproval of graffiti. It’s sad to see trains roll by all marked up with graffiti. Some model railroaders are including graffiti these days just to make their models appear more realistic. Sad…
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:08 am
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December 20th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
gothamist takes the side of many unlawful acts besides grafiti vandals. I still find their views very interesting if not always correct