Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

[caddyman]

Same poll, same question, two papers, two spins.

Good news for Blair, bad news for the Beeb: Guardian;

Good news for the Beeb, bad news for Blair: Financial Times.

Comments

[captainweasel.livejournal.com]

ah, good old spin - two very different interpretations, but both are true...

[cybersofa.livejournal.com]

I think that calling the Guardian story "spin" is a bit of an insult to the noble craft of news management. Blatant abuse of statistics, or more succinctly "bollocks", seems a better description.

[keresaspa.livejournal.com]

Couldn't trust either of them when you get right down to it.