...and to add to what Little Hawk just said, it is seldom that you encounter a 'fact' presented in totally neutral, un-colored way. Since people are usually USING facts to make some point, they present them in language designed to impress, convince, distort or otherwise shape a discussion.

Witness the simple statement being used by Republicans these days..."John Kerry voted FOR the war in Iraq".....the 'fact' is, that on a certain date, Kerry cast a affirmative vote on a particular resolution, but the 'fact' is presented out of context with other facts, and does not convey the total implications of what Kerry did, meant, thought,,,etc...

Anyone of us could cite 'facts' which, stated in certain combinations and using loaded language, tend to give the opposite import to what the 'truth' really is. (Statistics are merely one way in which that is done)[Did you know that at one time there was an almost perfect correlation between the consumption of alcohol in the US and the rise of salaries of college professors???]

Why, next we'll be hearing that "jobs are being created" in the US.....oh, wait...