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"Latest figures shows there were 7,545 hospital admissions in 2016/2017 for drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders, 12 per cent higher than in 200
by skate22 9y ago
"Latest figures shows there were 7,545 hospital admissions in 2016/2017 for drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders, 12 per cent higher than in 2006/2007."
Why provide a stat that includes all drugs in an article about one specific drug
- pmden 9y agoIt's a newspaper - not an academic journal. Interesting figures, even if not directly related (or just flat-out misleading), are commonplace.
- lovemenot 9y agoIt's not just any newspaper, it's The Telegraph. Where nothing is ever as good as it used to be. Apparently now dope too.
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- sambe 9y agoDo you think newspapers should not be called out on misleading information? It seems to me that not highlighting the good vs bad articles/papers is a net loss for public discourse.
- madaxe_again 9y agoThe standard argument trotted out is that it's "up to the reader" to discern when they're being fed codswallop - because to tell them that they're reading nonsense would be an affront to their intelligence.