While I have stopped making regular updates to this site, Maggie McNeill brought an absolutely stunning news article to my attention. Stunning, not because it reveals any surprises to us, but because it’s blunt and comes from a credible mainstream news source.
SF Weekly today published an article that essentially exposes research done by Schapiro Group as junk science, specifically highlighting the role played by the Women’s Funding Network and an Atlanta based anti-prostitution group called A future Not a Past.
It’s now clear it used fake data to deceive the media and lie to Congress. And it was all done to score free publicity and a wealth of public funding.
My previous articles about the Schapiro Group “studies” are here and here.
In addition to my coverage of these bullshit studies, Maggie McNeill has torn them up one side and down the other on her blog, The Honest Courtesan.
The real story here is that the mainstream media mindlessly repeats the ridiculous false claims made by these rescue organizations lending credibility to the scam, thereby aiding and abetting the fleecing of the taxpayers as well as anyone else who donates to these organizations.
And, if you’re a resident of Georgia, you will probably not be too pleased to know that your tax dollars helped fund this organization. You may want to go take a shower, because you’ve just been violated. Next time you want to get fucked, I suggest you check out the online adult classifieds and hire a professional. You know, someone with integrity.
Good to see you posting again. It’s good that you have not completely cut all ties with your website.
Nice article. But like you said, there is really no surprise here. We all know that this kind of hysteria is created by using pseudosciences and fake stats.