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Fabricating statistics wholesale is conspiracy theory. Releasing statistics that are distorted in all sorts of ways because various government organizations ha
by jpatokal 11y ago
Fabricating statistics wholesale is conspiracy theory. Releasing statistics that are distorted in all sorts of ways because various government organizations have direct incentives to do so is pretty much a statement of fact.
- jazzyk 11y agoIn China, the statistics ARE controlled by one, non-objective party (Party? :-)), so conspiracy theories are somewhat justified. Even in the much freer US, there are examples of (subtle) information manipulation. Such as releasing numbers that don't fit the government narrative : - on a Friday afternoon (when all journalists are driving home or drinking at a bar) - on page 95 of a 96-page report