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	The deceptive advocacy of Stephen Moore

jklugman

10-18-2006 8:45 PM

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stephen moore, statistics, deception, conservatives, cato, iraq

jklugman says:

Stephen Moore just wrote this editorial touting his statistical "expertise" to cast doubt on the Lancet study showing that the number of deaths in Iraq have increased by 650,000 since the US invasion.

See also Tim Lambert on Moore's editorial.

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10-22-2006 5:12 AM

jklugman

Tim Lambert quotes one of the Lancet study authors saying that Stephen Moore made a false claim about their study.

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