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I'd identify with this in the past, but now I'm coming to dislike this mindset. How do you effect change without extreme, dramatic examples or tone? It's all we
by bllguo 9y ago
I'd identify with this in the past, but now I'm coming to dislike this mindset. How do you effect change without extreme, dramatic examples or tone? It's all well and good to promote moderation and cooperation until you actually want to see something done.
If you can concretely point out what is false or sensationalist, that's a different story... obviously lies should not be tolerated.
- mcguire 9y agoLike most such articles, it mentions student loan debt, making it appear to be a massive problem. https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-typical-household-with-student-loan-debt/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-typical-household-wit... "The average balance of outstanding student loan debt for households with some debt was $25,700. The median debt was $13,000, and seventy-five percent of borrowers had less than $29,000. These burdens are relatively modest given the annual earnings of these households. The average annual wage earnings among this population was $71,700." There same example involved a man who couldn't get a job as a bank teller, but apparently had no trouble getting one making more money as a bus driver. (I guess the implication is that blue collar jobs are bad?)
- coltonv 9y agoWait back up. That statistic used median values and quartile values to describe debt, and an average to describe income. This is how people mislead you with statistics. Average income is going to be higher than median if the highest earners earn several times more than the median (which they do).