Spectator editor Fraser Nelson has ‘always been fascinated by the way statistics shape public debate’. But like many today, he is worried by the ease with which fake facts are pedalled to, and accepted by, the masses.
In an address to RSS Conference on Thursday, he despaired at how misinterpretations and falsehoods gain rapid virality – especially those that the present the world, our society or a particular issue in an unfairly negative light.
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