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Comment on Remember when Target blamed theft for closing stores? It's all lies.

The article is pure speculation.

Target may be blaming increases in theft to “mask other issues.”

It might also be assigning a pet parrot to every store. Doesn’t mean that it’s true.

I am not denying that the author could possibly be proven correct at a later date, but that date is not now because they didn’t cite any evidence in their article. As it stands, this is an opinion piece. If you read it as fact (i.e. “it’s all lies”), then you’re consuming it as propaganda.

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GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Did you read the article?

On October 5, Popular Information analyzed publicly available crime data for the stores Target is closing in New York and San Francisco. This data revealed that stores that are being closed had lower levels of theft than nearby stores that have remained open. A report by the Seattle Times of the stores Target is shuttering in the Seattle area follows a similar pattern.

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- Synthead@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  Did you read the article?
  
  Of course.
  
  The data they are talking about is interesting and related, and while it does have correlation, it’s missing causation. There could be unreported theft, they might be closing stores with lower theft to move traffic to other stores (with higher theft) for other reasons, etc.
  
  I’m not taking Target’s side, but I still wouldn’t say this is immediately conclusive. At the very least, we should probably use the original headline when sharing articles. It’s Lemmy, too, so you can still change it.
  
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uberkalden@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Really getting sick of seeing people circle jerk over headlines from opinion pieces. Wasn’t this supposed to be better than reddit?

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