Journalists and numbers

Matthew Hoy
By Matthew Hoy on January 24, 2004

The stereotype about numbers being to journalists like kryptonite to Superman is often true. It starts early. Case in point is this article from the Daily Illini. Ignore the predictable left-wing, anti-gun bias and focus on this paragraph:

A study done by the Violence Policy Center found that one in every five law enforcement officers was killed in the line of duty between Jan. 1, 1998, and Dec. 31, 2001.

Sounds good, but completely impossible. We'd be losing more police officers every day than they do in Iraq! (via Spoons)

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