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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLying With Statistics.
Have you noticed that all the stats Chump splatters out these days are based on MARCH figures?
Yada, yada...the Stock Market is up over 50% since March.
Yada, yada...Jobs are up by 9,000,000 since April
and so on.
Well, yeah, asshole. Everything tanked in March - Using March as a base is artificial and deceptive - just like everything else this moron does.
BTW, Biden is UP 13 points since March.
That's the figure I want to hear.
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Lying With Statistics. (Original Post)
Totally Tunsie
Aug 2020
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Karadeniz
(22,267 posts)1. Good to know...thanks!
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)2. He is: Lying With Mouth
He needs 25 year time out!
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)3. Hopefully, he'll get to take that time out in prison.
25 years is good for a start!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)4. Fish chum for faux...n/t
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)5. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
for apocryphal attributions, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)6. The opening paragraph in that Wiki pretty much sums it up:
"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of numbers, particularly the use of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point."
Thanks for the input.