This Axios news report makes the classic reporter error – providing percentage increases without every providing a starting value. Does a scary +100% mean something increased from 1 to 2? We have no way of knowing.
An Internet meme propaganda poster appears to contain false percentage data.
TL;DR Summary: The numbers are wrong, but numbers give propaganda an aura of authenticity! This poster, like so many, is out of date, but lives on years later. The issue the poster attacks is moot – a law to address the issue was passed in 2012! This poster was shared into my newsfeed on Facebook.
Sports writing is so formulaic, is using AI to generate these stories a bad thing? Also, Popular Science announces it is shutting down and turning into a science-y content mill web site.
A shockingly high percent of U.S. school students know little about The Holocaust. Professor blames bad teaching and propaganda messaging in K-12 education.