When Facts Don't Tell the Truth

Posted from Royal Oak, Michigan--

A unit of the Congressional Quarterly has published the 14th annual "City Crime Rankings:  Crime in Metropolitan America."  Based on FBI reports, Detroit has replaced St. Louis as the country's most dangerous city. 

The release of this definitive information was immediately criticized by The American Society of Criminology and just about everyone who lives in Detroit. 

Who's right?  Is Detroit the most dangerous city or not? 

Does it matter if Motown is the most dangerous city or the second most dangerous?  If statistics can't be trusted, could Detroit actually be the 22nd most dangerous city in America?

Finally, what good are statistics if they aren't actual facts?

My friend Casey McNeal, a talented speaker and comedian, says that 67% of statistics are made up on the spot, but he might have made that up.