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March 09, 2006
A Lesson in Data and Analysis for the New York Times (Heritage Foundation)
It is regrettable that the Times reporters refused to acknowledge academic research that contradicts their conclusions. This continues the newspaper’s trend of poor reporting on abortion statistics over the last decade. For example, during the 2004 election season, the Times reported Glen Harold Stassen’s erroneous finding that abortions had increased during the George W. Bush’s presidency. When the Alan Guttmacher Institute later released more comprehensive data showing that abortions had actually declined since President Bush’s inauguration, the Times was among the media outlets that failed to report the finding, much less correct its own record.
[A rhetorical deconstruction by Michael J. New, PhD. His article points out shortcomings about the New York Times's findings reported in yesterday's front-page story “Scant Drop in Abortion Rates if Parents are Told". BK]
Posted by kuechebj at March 9, 2006 01:29 PM