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This holiday season, media outlets across the country are raising the alarm about an apparent crisis in retail crime. On this week\\u2019s On the Media, how the data about shoplifting don\\u2019t back up the alarmist coverage. Plus, the cost and consequences of media outlets turning to AI to generate stories.

1. Daphne Howland [@daphnehowland], senior reporter at Retail Dive, traces how one baseless data point about retail crime spread unquestioned in media. Listen.

2. Nicole Lewis, engagement editor at The Marshall Project,\\xa0digs into the data that supposedly proves a shoplifting crisis. Listen.

3. Jeff Asher [@Crimealytics], co-founder of\\xa0AH Datalytics, explains why perception of crime is often out of step with reality. Listen.

4. Jay Allred [@jayallred651],\\xa0CEO of Source Media Properties, explains how a collaboration with Gannett and a non-generative AI model went wrong. Listen.