tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3359171960460466622..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Of journalists, drunks, lamp posts, and Year-To-Date crime dataGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11022958613425428662017-07-21T11:50:46.419-05:002017-07-21T11:50:46.419-05:00No matter what the facts are, we must argue that c...No matter what the facts are, we must argue that crime rates are down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15916484333068899592017-07-17T13:02:31.819-05:002017-07-17T13:02:31.819-05:00I recall a class in statistics where the professor...I recall a class in statistics where the professor deliberately misused data to prove that 'no one died of heat stroke (in the winter) or hyperthermia (in the summer).' <br /><br />Therefore homeless people were not dying from exposure.<br /><br />Then there is the classic 'a man has one foot in a freezer the other in an oven... on average he's comfortable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-4151314919580128372017-07-17T05:22:23.522-05:002017-07-17T05:22:23.522-05:00You hit the nail on the head with this one. Yello...You hit the nail on the head with this one. Yellow journalism is just one leg of the tripod that holds up the injustice of the Texas criminal justice system. You cover the other two quite well. But you don't often discuss the role of journalism in the public perception of crime and punishment. Kudos to you today, Grits.Steven Michael Seyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809935502307219692noreply@blogger.com