Cherrypicking
Cherrypicking 101
Media censorship: BBC altered Trump speech
The BBC edited Trump quotes, from an hour apart, to make it appear he said something he did not say. The BBC Director General and the BBC News CEO have now both resigned.
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?
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.
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.