[WinMod70]

Great outlook! Put another way, in the manner the US MSM would report this news. “Electric Car Sales Explode - 1500% Increase in Yearly Sales”

[BWDog]

Doesn't the saying go something like this: "Figures never lie, but liars figure?"

Whenever I see a fear-mongering, breathlessly hysterical headline with a number in it, I always try to look at the article for additional numerical or statistical information. I guess you can't blame someone for "spinning" the data so as to be most favorable to the point he or she is trying to make, but, good grief, sometimes it just gets ridiculous.

Percentages, like the example you used, are particularly great for misleading. Or how about the "evil" person or company that temporarily raised cost of something 50% (from $50 to $75- the $25 is 1/2 of $50) but later only reduced it 33% (the $75 went back to the original $50 but $25 is 1/3 of $75)? Or health risks that double so that rather than it being 1/10 of the chance one has of getting struck by lightning, it is now 1/5 of the chance? Sheesh...