http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/5966/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/killer-vet-story-worthy-marred-bad-numbers-says-public-editor <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Public Editor Clark Hoyt&#039;s take on the Times&#039; inflammatory story on murderous veterans: A worthy idea marred by shoddy statistics and the eternal journalistic quest to uncover a trend. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Public Editor Clark Hoyt tackled the paper's <a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080114134026.aspx" target="_self">inflammatory front-page</a><a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080114134026.aspx"> story </a>from January 13 that baselessly suggested returning veterans were in danger of coming home killers, offering worthless statistics to back up the biased assertion. (The series continued Sunday with another <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/us/27vets.html?sq=" target=_self ?</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/killer-vet-story-worthy-marred-bad-numbers-says-public-editor" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch BillKeller ClarkKoyt Crime DeborahSontag KillerVets LizetteAlvare Military NewYorkTimes NYTimes PublicEditor TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:23:00 +0000 admin 5964 at http://archive2.mrc.org