Guiliani and Prostate Cancer

In order to make proper decisions, you have to know the facts, all the facts.
Half truths and misleading information is often spread around by ignorant people (which we all are in one way or another).

But Presidential Candidates should try to be a bit more worthy of the office they are running for...

Here is the first paragraph of the latest piece of Paul Kurgman on Rudy Guiliani:

“My chance of surviving prostate cancer — and thank God I was cured of it — in the United States? Eighty-two percent,” says Rudy Giuliani in a new radio ad attacking Democratic plans for universal health care. “My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England? Only 44 percent, under socialized medicine.”
It would be a stunning comparison if it were true. But it isn’t. And thereby hangs a tale — one of scare tactics, of the character of a man who would be president and, I’m sorry to say, about what’s wrong with political news coverage.
Let’s start with the facts: Mr. Giuliani’s claim is wrong on multiple levels — bogus numbers wrapped in an invalid comparison embedded in a smear.


Read the full article from Paul Krugman, here.