Proving That Reporters Can’t Do Math

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Gaius

Confederate Yankee looks at a BBC story about cluster munitions in Southern Lebanon and proves, rather quickly, that the Beeb's reporters have never heard of a calculator. The number the BBC reports is so ludicrously inflated, that it should be embarrassing to them. But they are the Beeb, I don't think they are capable of shame.

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3 Responses to Proving That Reporters Can’t Do Math

  1. ff11 says:
    November 22, 2006 at 9:44 pm

    Have you done the math yourself or are you taking his word for it?

  2. Gaius says:
    November 22, 2006 at 9:58 pm

    Actually, yes, I checked. Why?

  3. Confederate Yankee says:
    November 23, 2006 at 12:23 am

    FF11 came over whining to my site as well. He doesn’t seem to like things that reflect badly on the BBC, the United Nations, or Hezbollah, so that should tell you what you need to know about him.