He calls himself an “honest pollster”
Famous pollster who calls himself an “honest pollster” is not honest.
Media: Drop in beer consumption due to Trump
Actually, consumption per person has declined since the 1980s, was stable for a while, and now, a majority of Americans view even drinking in moderation as bad for health. But a reporter cherry picks their way through the data to blame the public’s political choices.
Social: 58% of recent college grads are unemployed
The claim that 58% of recent graduate have no job is false, and comes about from a biased sample used in the survey.
Social: Telling a straight up lie for propaganda
Photos of people sunbathing are presented as an illustration of lazy American workers, cutting work. But that is not what the photos show – in fact, its college students just after the spring semester ended.
Propaganda works by combining believable info into untrue conclusions
An online meme notes that the % of “married”, “homeowners” is low. It is a real decline but they’ve combined 2 independent variables to make it look worse.
Social media propaganda poster has several errors
Another propaganda poster that is sort of embarrassing.
Climate: How to mislead with a chart
The way this chart is constructed, it makes it look like all the major economies are expanding their carbon emissions. But they are not.
Media: TIME Magazine selects its flawed Top 100 AI Innovators List
TIME Magazine does its usual “Top 100” thing and it’s the usual nonsense and irrelevant selection process. I covered this in depth in 2023.
Media: “Only 14 states where you can afford home on less than $75,000/year”
Hard to tell if the media likes to lie or is just incompetent or both. Once again, they media dweebs botch a story. This might have been written by AI.
Propaganda: Poster illustrating growth in physicians versus administrators is flawed – Social Panic
I reviewed this bogus chart long ago. But it’s been making the rounds of social media once again – and the chart has been thoroughly debunked. Many MDs on Twitter are sharing this chart again – which demonstrates again that social media is primarily used to embarrass one’s self. Source: Propaganda: Poster illustrating growth in physicians versus administrators is flawed – Social Panic In addition to my take down of this flawed chart, here is another one: Join Me On…