Content mill Business Insider goes full scale cherry picking
The cherry picking done by BI is award winning!
Cherry picking: How to lie with charts!
Just change the Y-Axis or cherry pick the data – a cheap trick the whole family can enjoy!
Science: How to draw misleading charts
Interesting use of a changing x-axis to deliver a false perspective. It’s Just Science.
Why do “plant-based” eating stories dominate media coverage of nutrition/dieting/eating?
Media stories about “plant-based eating” are 5 to 10x more common than the percent of people who actually eat that way.
Media: “In NY, Muslims are a political force”
For New York State, the share of the population that is Muslim is 3.6%, and 9% for NYC. Not a big political force.
Doomerism: And the definition of “poverty”
Doomers love the idea that if you earn less than about $140k/year, you live in poverty.
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.