A book published 66 years ago and still in print is an essential reference for understanding most of the data that you see about the pandemic afflicting the world today. Written by Darrell Huff and illustrated by Irving Geis, How to Lie With Statistics is both sardonic and a serious lesson in the abuse of math for propaganda. Whether or not it was studied by our Trump-hating media anxious to make the US look bad, some of its lessons are being employed.
A few days ago, we learned that the mortality rate from the coronavirus is lower than touted by the “experts.” Much lower. As in, similar to the season flu.
Read more: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/05/msm_reporting_of_us_covid_19_mortality_rate_an_exercise_in_how_to_lie_with_statistics.html#ixzz6NYEwek8r
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