It feels like all modern journalism, alternative and otherwise, is full of bad statistics and worse analysis.
Case in point: "gun owners never stop mass shootings!" Yeah, because when someone stops the shooter, no mass accrues. according to one number cruncher, waiting the cops averages 14 dead, while intervening means only 2 or 3 on average, with a slight edge to armed victims shooting back, but still not bad for unarmed victims.
Yep, that's another good example. I find the worst to be the "innocently inclusive" use of numbers to sow the seeds of suspicion and doubt. Somebody might say "Well, I doubt more than 10% get this strain of flu!" like it's a positive when in fact fewer than 1% get it... but the 10% sticks in people's heads. And yes. when "1%" applies, "fewer than 10%" is absolutely true...