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You appear to be saying: factually reported data cannot be misleading. This is wrong, but so obviously so that you must be making another point?
by danielmarkbruce 4y ago
You appear to be saying: factually reported data cannot be misleading.
This is wrong, but so obviously so that you must be making another point?
- dcow 4y agoMisleading implies the data has some agency. Data cannot be misleading. People can make whatever conclusions they want based on data at hand and it’s just bad analysis if it’s wrong. The data didn't mislead them.
- Dylan16807 4y agoThat data was picked by someone out of all the data in the world. That's where the agency is.
- lupire 4y agoA Federal agency: BLS.
- UncleMeat 4y agoSort of. BLS also publishes other numbers. Media outlets choose which one to report. Consider how last month everybody was reporting Core-CPI because it was higher than overall CPI and therefore produced more urgent sounding headlines whereas earlier in the year when overall CPI was higher that was the reported number. Yes, headlines said "Core-CPI" last month but if you aren't careful you get a very incomplete picture of things.
- danielmarkbruce 4y agoWeird take. Most will agree "deliberately misleading" is what you are talking about.