Rappler’s 7,000 and its war against statistics

R Rigoberto Tiglao.

- pler wrote: “There had been - gitimate police operations and killings (including deaths under

legitimate police drug- related are suspected to be drug-related

- to legitimate and government - tigation.

a prudent journalist would have had was that there are at least - ing that all the other deaths under investigation will be proven to be drug-related.

just because the victim is a drug is directly related to the war on - sume that just because the death that it is already related to the war on drugs.

Reporting statistics is always a tricky game. What is even trickier is how to accurately describe the

- conclusion that is not supported - out the caveat that that is just a certainty.

became a lethal statistic that was -

article that was not claimed by - - used not as an honest attempt to death statistics.

statistics has turned its report - sively related to the war on drugs. just a PNP strategy to reduce the

Rappler must be told that re - The only certain deaths due to are collateral incidents to the - gaged in a legitimate operation. it is wrong to conclude that all

Rappler made the wrong con linked to the war on drugs.

This is what Tiglao has criti because this error has become the

ad hominem attacks. This is what Tiglao should have done was to his way through Google. But

- robust research.

Tiglao is being accused as one out to get Rappler.

But Rappler is the one that is has to declare a war on statistics by misrepresenting deaths to