Controlling data allows people to construct whatever narrative they want
Satyen Sangani · Fake News, Alternative Facts and the Enterprise // Satyen Sangani, Alation (FirstMark's Data Driven) · May 24, 2017 · at 2:54
Satyen Sangani, Co-Founder and CEO of Alation, explains at Data Driven NYC how data manipulation creates alternative facts in organizations.
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“You control the data, and you build a narrative in a way that supports the claim that you want to make.”
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