March of the Zealots

Not much posting going on at the moment due to intensive leafleting activity etc for the local elections in May. In the meantime take a look at this article from John Brignell at the Numberwatch website. It's quite long but well worth a read as is the rest of his site,

I quote from his site intro

"This site is devoted to the monitoring of the misleading numbers that rain down on us via the media. Whether they are generated by Single Issue Fanatics (SIFs), politicians, bureaucrats, quasi-scientists (junk, pseudo- or just bad), such numbers swamp the media, generating unnecessary alarm and panic. They are seized upon by media, hungry for eye-catching stories. There is a growing band of people whose livelihoods depend on creating and maintaining panic. There are also some who are trying to keep numbers away from your notice and others who hope that you will not make comparisons. Their stock in trade is the gratuitous lie. The aim here is to nail just a few of them."


hat tip English Rose