Introducing this story today, the WANE-15 anchor stated: "according to Apartmentlist.com, rent has risen by 10% in Fort Wayne..."
But that's not what WANE-15 reported back in March, when a 40% increase in rent was referred to as "doubling". Leaving the faulty TV reporter math aside, viewers might be confused to what the "real" number is.
It depends on what "expert" the media uses as a source, and often many numerical and statistical observations suffer from the curse of "apples" and "oranges".
In the end, these "explanations" and analytical exercises do little to help those affected understand or solve the problems they face.
