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Originally posted by Rodeo
I've said that over and over. But I will take John's Hopkins methodology, peer-reviewed by the Lancet, over your "show me newspaper articles" theory.
Have you ever considered a position as an Opinion Editor at the WSJ? They could use a level-headed guy like you 
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Why do you accept the researchers' methodology? Do you find it to be more accurate that Iraq Body Count's methodology?
We all are bombarded daily with reports of car bombs and death squads. Never once has a grisly total come close to 1000 dead in a day. The study would have you believe this is a daily tally, seemingly with dozens of car bombings going unreported every day. Why would you believe this? You can't argue with the fact that New York Times headline writers would much rather write:
"1000 Iraqis Dead in Violence Yesterday"
instead of
"51 Iraqis Dead in Violence Yesterday"
It would be interesting to know the names of the people who peer-reviewed this study. Are they listed in the journal?