revised title: "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics"
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Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:14:40 pm
To: media-advisors@mickaboo.org
From: "Jonathan Harris"
Subject: [Media-advisors] Lies and Misstatements draft
Here is a draft of the proposed "Lies and Misstatements" document. I did not answer every absurd point the opposition made, but tried to dismantle what I thought were the worst ones and the main ones they have woven together into their paranoid narrative. It is longer than I wish it were. It may be OK for our Web site. But if we want a 1-page informational flyer, e.g., it should be pared down. Another set of eyes probably could do that better than I could. You may want an entirely different introduction, or none, depending on the purposes for which we want to use the final version(s). Needless to say, the document also should be checked for the specific facts/statistics mentioned and the precise wording of certain terms.
Jonathan
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A great deal of misinformation is being spread about the growing number of homeless, unwanted birds in the Bay Area. Since the San Francisco Animal Welfare Commission first mentioned adding small animals, including birds, to a proposed ban on the sale of dog
