Scott Gilbreath
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Here’s the CBC News headline:
Canadians jump on Earth Hour bandwagon
A few paragraphs down, however, the truth emerges:
About 55,000 Canadians have registered, just behind the United States and ahead of Australia.
Let’s see: 55,000 from a total population of over 33.1 million—about 0.17 of a percentage point. That is one infinitesimal “bandwagon”.
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