BBC news story flagrantly manipulates statistics on school accident claims

7 Apr

Somehow doesn’t this just fit the steady erosion of our liberal culture? thanks Tim for blowing the whistle and alerting us.

Rethinking Childhood

A major news story on the BBC website this morning uses false comparisons and basic errors to create a highly misleading picture about the sums paid out for accident claims in schools. Far from revealing a ‘claims culture’, the figures actually show that payouts make up a tiny proportion of education budgets, and are not on the rise.

Screengrab BBC News home page 7 April 2017 with school payout story circled

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