Misinformation: A Telegraph guide
1️⃣Find apparently shocking stat: EV fires "up 77%" 😱
2️⃣Always round up ("nearly double")🤔
3️⃣Downplay context: There are 105% more EVs🙉
4️⃣Sideline wider truth: EV fires 5-6x *less* likely🙊
5️⃣Add quote to cover yourself🙈
@drsimevans It's a combination of poor math skills at the reporting, editorial, and reader levels.
Imagine being the transportation correspondent, and without a dedicated section in the paper, you need to sell your story to the editor.
If it bleeds (or blows up, or sounds ominous) it leads - it's been true for over a century ...
Simon Evans
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