Our View on Statistics and Washington's Spin
The piece argues that numbers in political rhetoric are inflated or misused to shape policy. It cites homelessness and uninsured rates to illustrate how inflated figures undermine policy credibility, urging reliance on careful, accurate data over sensational statistics.
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Washington
Mitch Snyder
Snyder
Congressional Budget Office
Census Bureau
CBO
Bill Thomas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Skeptic on Smoke Bans Credits Evidence Over Hype
Jacob Sullum critiques Bloomberg and Glantz on secondhand smoke. A BMJ study by Enstrom and Kabat reviewing 118000 Californians finds no strong link between environmental tobacco smoke and mortality. They caution about misclassification, shared lifestyle, publication bias, and conclude only a possible small lung cancer rise from minimal ETS exposure.
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New York
Michael Bloomberg
Stanton Glantz
British Medical Journal
UCLA
James Enstrom
State University of New York
Geoffrey Kabat
American Cancer Society
Enstrom
Kabat
Enstrom and Kabat
Sullum
Reason Magazine
Missing weapons and what they mean in Iraq war
Chapman argues against Bush administration claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. He notes absence of warheads or missiles after two months of war, cites disputed lab trailers, and questions motives. Warnings include possible looted radioactive materials and risk to security, with critique of Rumsfeld and policy.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Johnnie Cochran
Pentagon
State of the Union
Hussein
Bush
Stevie Wonder
Don Rumsfeld and Company
U.N
Grand Canyon
Baghdad
U.S
Washington Post
Osama bin Laden
Chapman
The
Chicago Tribune
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