For no particular reason I�ve been thinking today about truth, and more precisely how we can tell the truth in such a manner that our reader/listener will be deceived, will come to an incorrect conclusion, how be it they will reach the conclusion we want them to reach.
I�m reminded of an account of an article that appeared in the press of the USSR during the height of the cold war. It was the results of an auto race where both cars from the USSR and US were entered. The press reported that the USSR car finished second, while the US car finished next to last. This was absolutely true. The obvious conclusion is that the USSR car beat the US car, but that was incorrect. What the press had failed to include in the account was that it was a two-car match race��.it reminds me of the old line about polls and statistics � figures never lie, but liars often figure��..