Lies, more lies, and the Baltimore Mayor's Damned Statistics - Day 21
An ongoing compilation of the coverage of Mayor O'Malley's use of false/misleading crime statistics.
"On a scale of one to 10 -- . . . 10 being the best -- how would you characterize the accuracy of the city's crime reporting since 2000?" Mayor Martin O'Malley replies: "I would say we're somewhere north of a 9.8."
March 3, 2006
The Washington Post's John Wagner summarizes the issue for its readers in an article that might as well be titled, 'What's good for the goose, is good for the gander.' Wagner starts off comparing Martin from eight years ago when he made headlines by accusing the city police commissioner of vastly overstating a decline in Baltimore's shootings, calling the numbers "a massive hoax," with the Martin of today who is receiving criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, accusing him of having cooked the books.
Wagner consults an expert - L. Douglas Ward, a retired Maryland State Police major and an administrator of Johns Hopkins University's public safety leadership program. He aptly states,
"'The bottom line right now is there are a lot more questions than answers,' Ward said. 'It's a very complicated mess.'"
The article mentions how the issue is becoming one of credibility for Martin and notes how his supporters are disappointed in his defensiveness. The article also mentions, in addition to the usual recap, former Commissoner's Clark's call for additional audits that "that might show 'substantial problems in the way that crime was counted in the city'" and the Mayor's response.
Again, TWP does not pick up on the misreporting of the homicide numbers first reported by WBAL-TV's Jayne Miller on February 14, 2006 and then followed up by WJZ TV on February 15, 2006.
"On a scale of one to 10 -- . . . 10 being the best -- how would you characterize the accuracy of the city's crime reporting since 2000?" Mayor Martin O'Malley replies: "I would say we're somewhere north of a 9.8."
March 3, 2006
The Washington Post's John Wagner summarizes the issue for its readers in an article that might as well be titled, 'What's good for the goose, is good for the gander.' Wagner starts off comparing Martin from eight years ago when he made headlines by accusing the city police commissioner of vastly overstating a decline in Baltimore's shootings, calling the numbers "a massive hoax," with the Martin of today who is receiving criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, accusing him of having cooked the books.
Wagner consults an expert - L. Douglas Ward, a retired Maryland State Police major and an administrator of Johns Hopkins University's public safety leadership program. He aptly states,
"'The bottom line right now is there are a lot more questions than answers,' Ward said. 'It's a very complicated mess.'"
The article mentions how the issue is becoming one of credibility for Martin and notes how his supporters are disappointed in his defensiveness. The article also mentions, in addition to the usual recap, former Commissoner's Clark's call for additional audits that "that might show 'substantial problems in the way that crime was counted in the city'" and the Mayor's response.
Again, TWP does not pick up on the misreporting of the homicide numbers first reported by WBAL-TV's Jayne Miller on February 14, 2006 and then followed up by WJZ TV on February 15, 2006.
posted by InsiderOut at 7:05 PM
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