Giuliani’s Spin City
What happens at Republicans for the proposed appointment of the President, on the basis of his record as mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani likes to go into figures.Giuliani hear, they say, the number of adoptions jumped in New York for nearly 70 percent of his time as mayor - the result, he says that the new policy that force for the number of abortions.
Call tax, the most conservative candidate in the race, he bragged on several occasions its budget management of the city, who said he turned a deficit of $ 2.3 billion in a “multi-billion dollar ‘ surplus “, all taxes when cutting $ 9 billion.
And he cut the crime as New York fell from the “capital of crime in America” after “the safest big city in America” by the time he leaves his post in 2002, he said ” Fox News Sunday. ”
But a close Giuliani verification of statistical data shows that the annoyance of some of its spin substance.
Giuliani’s Spin City
Giuliani law on the number of adoptions, for example, relies on a highly selective reading of data from the independent monitoring group Anne mountain cheque made policy, which expires on site Factcheck.org.
Read another way, the same figures could even pointed out that the presidency Giuliani actually on an annual decrease in the number of adoptions in New York during his second term as mayor, the Working Group on the conclusion of a report the last week released.
“This is a classic case of the use of statistical data in a misleading way,” Brooks Jackson, director of the organization, said in an interview. “It uses data selectively to create an exaggerated impression.”
The Giuliani campaign called city statistics show that the total number of adoptions in New York was higher than 66.5 percent during the last six years he was mayor - 1996 to 2002 - as during the six years, 1990 to 1995.
This comparison is valid Giuliani discuss aid because it has a new office for children to protect and promote the adoption in 1996, meaning that the former mayor can not claim credit for Uptick.
Related Articles
A million little complaints about Frey book
It was inevitable that, since the sun. Within a few days after the revelation that the author James Frey fudged May, some details in his 2003 "souvenirs" A Million Little Pieces, lawyers, records, the first of at least three costumes, Millions of dollars of damages allegedly misled consumers. The highest may
Top New York lawyer has the right idea
As a former Special Deputy Attorney General of New York, the Office for the protection of investors and securities under both Republican Louis J. Lefkowitz and Democrat Robert Abrams, I was worried about your message November 10 articles indicating that the Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco is the paralysis of
ATM security on the bench.
The banks and industry "Task Forces", study for the protection of clients' money ross the country, banks have sold many customers on the use of ATM machines. Under the provision of this service, often 24 hours a day throughout the week, they've had to implement a variety of procedures for the
NFI request to exposure on the health of the passion false and irresponsible.
Although billed as consumer fraud, an article in the latest issue of Consumer Reports advises readers to choose the engineering of wild salmon by human error of Health. The magazine, in a circulation of over 4 million, purchased and tested 23 Lachsfilets labeled as wild and farmed outlets in California, New
New York Times Journalist Spends Another Night in Jail
A New York Times journalist spent a second night in jail Friday after government officials of Zimbabwe overruled the attorney general’s decision to let him go. The journalist, Barry Bearak, was arrested along with a British citizen at a small hotel in the suburbs of the country’s capital on Thursday. The
Teachers retired expires in AARP Senior class
The American Association of Retired Persons among the squeakiest of Spinning-wheeler, Washington, DC The organization has the strike force of over 30 million members, all 50 years or more, most with impeccable documentation of the vote. This means that if the AARP needs a little fat, Congress listens. It is therefore something of
Photo by Don Harrelson with adopted son
They live in a quiet residential district in San Francisco, a professional couple in their late 30's, with two daughters, 5 and 2 years. ''Our children play with the neighbours of children,''said one parent.''We exchange recipes and tools ready human side. We are at another family.They live in a quiet
State Farm $ 1.06B to cancel the collective judgement
The decision to contribute, Altria Group Inc. (MO), whose Philip Morris USA (Research) is referral to the same court a judgement of $ 10.1 billion whether it deceived smokers believe that "light" cigarettes were more sure treaty. Altria share rose as much as 4.7 percent Thursday a record high. In the
The successful business through false documents
Amid the colors of saris, gold bracelets and conduct of bazaar, which is shaped T-74 And 37 rue Avenue, Jackson Heights, Queens, a U-industry thrives almost gear: trade in false documents and promises of the real thing. Like many other immigrant neighborhoods, Jackson Heights is the scene of high immigration fraud.
The adoption of the Indian tribe is fighting child
A Native American root of Arizona is currently the rare step of the fight against the adoption of a child of one of its members by a couple of New York.The Tohono O'odham Nation has a judge in Manhattan for the family permission to challenge the adoption, citing a 1978