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Re:US Pedestrian Death Rate Increased 9x Faster Than Populat... by contravariant on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @04:35AM (#34980432)
Presumably the numbers are correct, but the title is statistical bullshit.
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Re:US Pedestrian Death Rate Increased 9x Faster Than Populat... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @04:46AM (#34980507)
Technically correct but designed to mislead. Statistical assholery.
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Re:US Pedestrian Death Rate Increased 9x Faster Than Populat... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @08:47AM (#34982310)
This sort of "lying but with some plausible deniability on top" is SOP in the world of "journalism bordering on activism", a category which the site clearly falls into whether one agrees with the policy they're peddling or not.
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