Matt Berkley

@mattberkley

Comparing source documents to claims by governments, UN agencies, media, fact checkers and others on global progress, large-scale social science and UN pledges.

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Comparing source documents to claims by governments, UN agencies, media, fact checkers and others on global progress, large-scale social science and UN pledges.
 
Comparing source documents to claims by governments, UN agencies, media, fact checkers and others on global progress, large-scale social science and UN pledges.
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  1. 3 hours ago

    Have academics and campaigners overlooked a key element in the UN development agenda - the "reaffirming" of existing agreements?

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  2. Jun 9

    In 2015, UN member states agreed that the Istanbul Programme of Action - which includes adequate water and sanitation by 2020 for all humans in "least developed countries" - is an "integral part of the new Agenda". Paragraphs 42 and 64:

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  3. Jun 9

    Where is the UN development agenda - a list of targets, by deadline? Goals for 2020 and 2025 are in previous agreements, reaffirmed by leaders in 2015. Twenty-one "SDG" targets are for 2020. Several are for 2025. The phrase "2030 Agenda" can obscure all of them.

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  4. Jun 9
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    According to this 680-page study, levels of trust in BBC News are not justified.

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  5. Jun 8

    UN members, Rio 2012: "16. We reaffirm our commitment to fully implement the Rio Declaration, Agenda 21... We also reaffirm our commitment to the full implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020"

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  8. Jun 7
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    Three Nobel Prize winners (Stiglitz, Deaton, Malala) mistook the 25-year "Millennium Development Goal" targets for the 15-year Millennium Summit pledges - and more may have erred in Bjørn Lomborg's book. I don't know any who have not erred. I believe Malala has been exploited.

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  10. Jun 5
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    2500-page draft study of global goals and large-scale social science. A catalogue of misinformation from universities, governments, fact-checkers, newspapers and others about both.

  11. Jun 5
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    Brexit may have been, in part, an accident. Perhaps significant numbers did not vote Remain because, relying on polls, they thought they did not need to. What would young people have done if the predictions had been Leave?

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    Following complaints, the Guardian and the editor of the Financial Times amended stories without correcting the impression. Like the BBC, New York Times and Economist and others, they continued to, in effect, understate world leaders' Millennium pledges.

  14. Jun 5
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    A study found: In 2000, the New York Times and other media reported Millennium Declaration pledges for 2000-2015. They have now for many years falsely claimed the pledges had an easier 1990 baseline, even after complaints.

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    If it doesn't make sense when you apply it to yourself in relevant circumstances, it isn't social science.

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    "We" ?

  17. Jun 3
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    Why is the Guardian overstating UN researchers' claims on humans' access to clean water, having itself debunked the propaganda in 2012? Why did the Guardian claim on 11 April 2018 to have world poverty figures "adjusted for inflation" without evidence on inflation for the poor?

  18. Jun 3
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    Why does the Guardian continue the propaganda that in 2000, world leaders set 25 years rather than 15 to meet promises? It contradicts its own and other coverage from 2000 and 2002. It ignores common sense ("current rates") and the complainant's evidence from FAO documents.

  19. May 31
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    Notes: The text beginning "MB" is from the main document at . I assumed today that Alex Cobham showed the image on baselines to the MPs, though he might like to correct me if that is not the case. The still is from his 2013 presentation to the RSS.

  20. May 31
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    Other instances where the Royal Statistical Society in effect understated the Millennium pledges: 2015 World Statistics Day statement Statement 21 September 2017 on SDGs in UK

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