Bush-Voter-IQ Hoax Rears Its Head Again?
I thought we had all seen the last of that '
states that voted for Bush have lower IQs' hoax. The
American Assembler ended up with some
egg on its face for publishing that chart in a form that made it seem as if it were fact. But now I've received a number of emails telling me that the same chart makes an appearance in this week's edition of
The Economist. Apparently they even list
IQ and the Wealth of Nations as the source for the data, even though that book is definitely not the source (I emailed the author of that book to confirm that the data doesn't appear in his book). I haven't had a chance to see this week's edition yet, but if this is true, all I can say is, 'What was
The Economist thinking?'
Update (May 20): And now the St. Petersburg Times
has written an editorial based on
The Economist's erroneous data, proving that the tradition of fact-checking is as strong as ever in the media. (Thanks to Steve for catching this)
Posted By: Alex | Date:
Sat May 15, 2004 |
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