What’s remarkable about all of this is that for a man so different in tone and temperament to Donald Trump, Biden has made very similar mistakes.
But data can be accurate, and misleading, in a number of ways.
Middle aged people like me are convinced that we know best, and that the whole world would be better if people just lived the way we did.
Mr. Ganley, and all those who supported him in taking the case, have every right to feel aggrieved.
The public deserve accurate data, and to have absolute faith that the data is not being politicised and manipulated to shape public opinion.
I’ll try and do better in 2022
The question here is simple: Who is deciding what goes into the model? And why is that data not being widely shared?
We do not see journalists interviewing the Government’s advisors on economic policy to ascertain whether they approve of Government decisions.
The reluctance in Ireland to challenge consensus, and authority, and the way things are done, is, and forever will be, the cancer at the very heart of our society.
To listen to them in 2021, you would believe that disaster is forever around the corner.
Close them now, then, and there is a fair chance they will not open again until almost February.
There will be no journalism awards for investigating people like Kinzen.