Is this the new standard for the news as the Post stumbles head first into the new age of 'newspaper' reporting as beat reporters become a thing of the past? Anyhow, read on about Dennis' social media 'research' about the dating scene in West Palm Beach which was published in January:
Here is an article in Palm Beach County's paper of record, The Palm Beach Post:
For those looking to travel and find love, West Palm Beach may not be the place to go. [emphasis added]Of course, this "news" is complete nonsense—note the credible sources in the excerpt above. This 'data' is called data aggregation which can be summed up this way: Garbage In Garbage Out (GIGO). The City of Lake Worth was subjected to this silliness earlier in the year (remember Neighborhood Scout?). Here is another excerpt from the 'news' at the Post:
The Palm Beach County city was named the fifth least sexy city in the United States, according to a survey by travel dating site MissTravel.com that was published by college news site Coed.
[I]t [West Palm Beach] was not seen favorably on lists ranking best performing metro areas and places to raise a family, which listed it near the bottom. [emphasis added]Oh, by the way, do you know who the Post uses to print their newspapers? The Sun Sentinel in Broward County. Don't you think West Palm Beach would be a better community today if all those jobs had stayed in PBC instead of being farmed out to Broward County?
Read more at Coed.