Re:Facebook Now Allows Politicians to Lie in Paid Ads
by makomk on Friday October 04, 2019 @09:59AM
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Yes, and of course I have. The big problem isn't that it's "cherry picked" or that it wasn't peer reviewed - it's that the research Bernie Sanders based his claim on doesn't even support his claim that medical bills are what bankrupted those people. (I believe there's also other research that shows medical bills are actually a really small proportion of the vast majority of those people's overall debt load at bankrupcy.)
Are you talking about this[1]? Have you read it? The Post makes several factual errors - like claiming that the study which was the main source for the claim was not peer-reviewed - and ironically commits the same sin of cherry-picking data that it accuses Bernie of by choosing to favour a much more conservative estimate that only includes "bankruptcy caused by a hospitalization".
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/28/sanderss-...