The top headline on CNN today made me feel the need to revisit my comments about how statistics are creatively used, primarily in popular news reporting. First, I need to ask you to put aside your feelings about the war in Iraq – this is not a discussion on whether we should be there or whether we should have ever gone there in the first place. I am not asking your opinion of whether troops should be pulled out right away or any of that. What I am asking is…
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