@alex_falcone: Media literacy: lying with stats #sportstiktok #scam #medialiteracy

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thecabbyn
Cabbyn :
“The only player to record (X stat), (Y stat), AND (Z stat) in the same game”
2026-01-05 16:06:56
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micahdix
Micah :
Numbers don’t lie but liars use numbers
2026-01-05 17:37:58
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daringdragon3d
GoingBackToEire🇮🇪 :
Content like this is why you're in my top ten!
2026-01-05 16:03:20
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drunklesteve
DrunkleSteve :
Its like when a car is advertised as being "Best in its class" and then you look into it and realise that "its class" is like 3 cars.
2026-01-05 17:25:06
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peanutbutter.ajay
➰Laylalalalalalalala :
I love this acc bc I never see the same series twice😭
2026-01-05 16:05:29
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michaelsteele315
Michael Steele :
sports announcer will say something like "this is the first time this has ever happened!!! ...in the modern era" 🙄
2026-01-05 17:09:42
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jmeyer14
Jacob M. :
Top 10 content of content I’ve consumed today
2026-01-05 16:59:45
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moose52125
Moose52125 :
F1 commentary is even more absurd than this sometimes. "They're the only team to win under this specific circumstance" and then they're also the only team to ever be under that circumstance
2026-01-05 17:01:38
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i.sa.ack
Isaac 🇺🇸🇵🇭 :
Love me some cherry picked stats. This is still prolly the funniest example of it
2026-01-05 17:29:56
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lobster_sweater
🅱️mily :
I would argue the first two things are usually more indicative of streaks/hotness/momentum. if someone is 4 for their last 5 in baseball, no one thinks they're a great hitter just from that. it's more that they're swinging a hot bat
2026-01-05 16:17:04
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uss__liberty
Nice Guy🔻 :
"He's 5-0 as a starter in home night games when down by 3 in the first quarter."
2026-01-05 16:55:02
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kpetrievo
KPetrieVO :
I always did find it strange when they got SUPER specific: "This'll be the 8th 47-yard field goal attempt made in the post-season by a left-footed Sagittarius after Labor Day since 1978, and only 3 of those were successful."
2026-01-05 16:45:59
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teezypie
Teezy 🇨🇦 (🇱🇻+🇯🇵) :
I looooove sports commentary for this very reason! 😂 Historic things are ✨constantly✨ happening. "This is the first time in history a rookie pitcher has thrown 14 strikeouts in a world series game while wearing his hat backwards!" There's almost always one detail that shoves the stat into a tiny niche and it cracks me up every time.
2026-01-05 17:36:01
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natanopher
Nathan :
the Detroit lions have never won a game on Thanksgiving under a waxing gibbous moon
2026-01-27 00:24:25
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daijobu42
SJB :
Would you rather a 5 star product reviewed by 2 ppl or a 4 star reviewed by 5000? Congratulations you just understood the importance of sample size
2026-01-06 08:08:03
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ledz3p15
Ledz3p :
Humans are really good at seeing patterns where there are none, the news capitalizes on this
2026-01-05 20:24:47
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constitutionallyunfit
Lefa 🇿🇦 :
"% Possession in the last 5 minutes" 😭
2026-02-01 02:13:07
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404tiknotfound
404TikNotFound :
lesson learned: No more spinach
2026-01-14 08:58:22
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bigbabyjeeter
Wuewuewuefan2000 :
Just threw all my spinach in the garbage
2026-01-05 16:58:39
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gabrielbradshaw52
Gabriel Bradshaw520 :
one large sample sized stat I love, Manchester United have never lost a home game when they're winning at half time. 322 matches, 297 wins 25 draws, 0 losses.
2026-01-05 23:50:01
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zachmoser87
Zach Moser :
Foolish Baseball has a great longer form youtube video about this called "How to Lie with Baseball Stats"
2026-01-06 01:13:26
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jegorman
J. Gorman :
We call them qualifiers in my house. I started watching sports when I met my husband and almost immediately clocked the absurdity of the stats. Now we joke about how many qualifiers things take to be true.
2026-01-05 16:14:55
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itsmegd13
Meg D :
my stats professor in college said "there's 3 types of lying: lies, damn lies, and statistics" probably once a week
2026-01-06 04:46:50
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attilathechunn
Attila :
My boyfriend and I love to joke about “the third youngest defenseman to score his first NHL goal as a Pittsburgh Penguin” because it’s so emblematic of the way sports announcers will cherry pick things to sound somewhat cool
2026-01-05 23:54:18
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fluphenazine
Prolixin :
“Only the second player in HISTORY to have X number of points, Y number of rebounds, Z number of blocks, with 0 turnovers and 35+ minutes in a non-overtime game!”
2026-01-05 21:28:17
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