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Jenny Shen
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Human to Peli. Content Regulation, GenAI, Child Safety, Privacy, etc. Attorney @Google. Formerly @EA; @HoganLovells; @BrennanCenter. Views my own.
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basic problem is none of these folks is capable of saying “i was wrong”
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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One tactic these data guys use online is to dismiss academic work they don’t like by calling it “overly complex” or “disconnected from reality.” I call this anti-rigor propaganda. It’s a move to sour people on serious scholarship when you don’t have better evidence.

Adam addresses it in the piece.
An excerpt from Adam Bonica’s Substack post critiquing a New York Times editorial. Bonica highlights how the Times dismisses academic research as “overly complex” and “disconnected from voter perceptions.” The quoted section from the editorial claims academic debates involve “statistical complexities” too hard for most people to follow and that researchers rely on “messy” data producing “bizarre results.” Bonica argues this preemptive dismissal is telling, suggesting the Times needs to discredit research showing that the electoral benefits of moderation have largely disappeared.
October 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM