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April 2021

Using Data to Misrepresent Reality, Crime Statistics, IQ, and more – Wilfred Reilly

April 16th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Author of Hate Crime Hoax and Taboo, Wilfred Reilly is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University. In this interview, we discuss his understanding of how statistics and data are used in the media to manipulate how people perceive the world around them, particularly as i [...]

March 2018

JTOL0046 Gun Control and School Shootings

March 5th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sources: Mass shootings and school shootings not on the rise: Schools are safer than they were in the 90s, and school shootings are not more common than they used to be, researchers say You can find the actual research publications if you can pay for them: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177 [...]

January 2018

JTOL0022 Why I Still Don’t Like Black Lives Matter (BLM)

January 28th, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Some more commentary on BLM, responding to each of their Guiding Principles. Sorry, my camera was unfocused at some points. Also, I was in a humorous mood. It got slightly out of hand. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205097/percentage-of-poor-black-married-couple-families-in-the-us/ (Please comp [...]