"It's just my opinion" strikes me as the larger evasion of responsibility here. There's nothing irresponsible about reporting the facts of a story so that people can make informed decisions.

> More data can also mean more noise.

Nate Silver wrote a book titled "The Signal and the Noise." I'm sure he's aware of the danger. Data Analysis (Data Science, whatever you want to call it) is all about turning data into information. Reducing noise.