Torturing the Data until it Confesses

This Macleans article looks at journalists' abuse of statistics (from a north of the border perspective, of course.) "As Homer Simpson said when asked to explain the 900% rise in 'heavy sack beatings' since his vigilante group began patrolling the streets of Springfield, 'People can come up with statistics to prove anything. Forty percent of all people know that.'" http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/national/article.jsp?article=2007_1_18_1169163033