Anson Thom & Daily Mavericks (South Africa) – disgraceful misuse of statistics..
On 8 Feb 2022 they published an article entitled: What the hard data reveals about the true state of the nation (spoiler alert: not good at all) This article goes over many features and data sets in the apparent attempt to appear detailed and objective. However, it assumes that most Africans are data ignorant and statistically uninformed. It exhibits a deliberate misuse of data. When painting a data picture of a country, the selective omission is a form of outrageous…