Prostates and Prejudices

New York Times by Paul Krugman | Nov. 2, 2007 (Opinion)

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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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a fairly well written opinion piece that takes on Giuliani's careless research and the media's preocupation with issues that lack substance. Krugman could have done a better job of citing sources (assessments of the facts have been published elsewhere) particularly for his sweeping assertion in the last paragraph that Giuliani makes a habit of speaking untruths.

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