[econjack]

I've long believed that Darrell Huff's book How to Lie With Statistics" is required reading of all journalism majors. Everyone should read it just so they can separate the BS from the facts put out by the MSM.

[Bob]

That presumes journalists want to separate the BS from the facts — I see little evidence that’s the case.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I've long believed that Darrell Huff's book How to Lie With Statistics" is required reading of all journalism majors.

I agree, and that's true regardless of whether the journalist is concerned with truth or with better manipulation. Maybe they DO read it.