Prostates and Prejudices

Let's start with the facts: Mr. Giuliani's claim is wrong on multiple levels -- bogus numbers wrapped in an invalid comparison embedded in a smear.

Mr. Giuliani got his numbers from a recent article in City Journal, a publication of the conservative Manhattan Institute. The author gave no source for his numbers on five-year survival rates -- the probability that someone diagnosed with prostate cancer would still be alive five years after the ... Full Story »

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William Peltz
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by William Peltz - Oct. 1, 2008

Yes. Good for an op-ed; not a research piece or primary news coverage. He missed the fact that Giuliani's source was 7 years out of date. It's one-sided only in the sense that the facts themselves are one-sided.

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