you are correct
Shirley has pointed it out to the New night Team, but I suppose Mrs. Hodge
was too interested in her e books etc
f
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:53 AM
Subject: Newsnight report - statistics inaccurate?
Did anyone else watching last night's Newsnight report think the 'Total UK
Book Issues' figure was wrong?
It seemed to suggest the total for 2006-07 was 314,704 - but I think they'd
lifted this from CIPFA tables, which often report that statistic in 1000s,
meaning the true figure was 314 million?
Their key point about the drop since 1997-98 was still visible, but it
seemed a shame that the overall usage was misrepresented by such an order of
magnitude?
Disappointing all the more when Hodge failed to correct it in the studio!
Unless I have totally misunderstood the report? How could the BBC
researchers not find that figure odd?
Russell
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