Inappropriate Uses of Google Trends
Let&#x27;s face it, the only reason publications turned to Google Trends to show people Googling &quot;What is the EU?&quot; is because it fit the narrative they had out of the gate. I see the good and bad of Brexit (I&#x27;d say &quot;remain&quot; has a stronger case if the EU would reform;) yet the more I read from the media, the more I&#x27;ve leaned pro-Brexit, just out of spite. Every article I&#x27;ve read treats those who were pro-Brexit as if they were complete idiots, as if their concerns aren&#x27;t legitimate. Even if I disagree with someone&#x27;s policy position doesn&#x27;t mean I should completely ignore their concerns and write them off as a bunch of idiots.<p>Absolutely infuriating to listen to and read. Maybe it&#x27;s my imagination, but the media as a whole has gotten a lot more preachy within the past 6 months. The new trend seems to be &quot;data journalism&quot; in which most people omit numbers to the contrary of a certain world view (Vox literally has been getting a dataset from Reddit on &#x27;mass shootings.&#x27; Even the NYTs and MotherJones called them out, to no avail. Not sure how people are letting them off the hook.)<p>I honestly can connect more with those that were &quot;Leave&quot; on the E.U. now than in the beginning; simply because the media coverage has come off as so elitist.