Friday, August 28, 2015

College-is-best and Other Media Fallacies

                     
The media always repeats uninformed college-is-best themes without further thought. Facts will correct the error.
                       
Other examples of media error: Much raw or “seasonally adjusted” governmental statistical releases are manipulative and
poorly explained.
                                           
Nevertheless, blaring headlines repeat erroneous raw data; editors no doubt know full well the information is tainted. What’s the purpose, except for news slant? (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

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