It’s the oft-repeated lie that may have finally died:
[A]s updated campus sexual assault figures for the years 1995 through 2013 have been released by the U.S. Department of Justice, we find that the “one in five” statistic has been fully debunked, with the real figure being 1 in 41 for all the years covered by the report, and 1 in 52.6 for the four most recent years from 2010 through 2013.
The collapse of the “one in five” claim, and the weakness of the statistics behind it, can be seen in the actions of the President’s political supporters in office and in the media, who are now trying to quietly drop their previous touting of the figure from public view.
More debunking here.
But let’s not forget the many, many liberals who peddled this nonsense.
One in five women is a survivor of sexual assault — more needs to be done to ensure the safety and security of our college students.
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) March 24, 2014
FACT: 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college. #ItsOnUs to stop sexual assault → http://t.co/FZMhxVV4GE
— Lance Bass (@LanceBass) September 19, 2014
It's frightening that 1 in 5 women in college will be sexually assaulted. The #HALTAct will combat this epidemic! http://t.co/ziDBYD6IDi
— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) July 30, 2014
FACT: 1 in 5 women is assaulted while in college. #ItsOnUs to help prevent that → http://t.co/DH0ImIjRzm
— Cecilia Muñoz NARA (@Cecilia44) September 15, 2014
Cost of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted. http://t.co/3QCdWIxPJj pic.twitter.com/hrKEV9xG9D
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) July 9, 2014
1 in 5 women experience sexual assault during their college yrs per @OJPNIJ. It’s time to say no more. No excuses. http://t.co/vgHxwyUZ3w
— Tom Reed (@RepTomReed) August 12, 2014
FACT: 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college. #ItsOnUs to stop sexual assault → http://t.co/pbsPy5gujD
— John King (@SecretaryKing44) September 19, 2014
FACT: 1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college. #ItsOnUs to stop sexual assault → http://t.co/w6WBxC0YKi
— Alex Wall (NARA) (@Alex44) September 19, 2014
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None of this changes the facts: 1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college, 1% of attackers are punished http://t.co/PSyMqLuWEo
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) December 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/MichaelMechanic/status/540196080755826688
1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college. Just 1% of attackers are punished. http://t.co/sXcSA3MxrZ pic.twitter.com/tjhiz8urXO
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) December 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/AndyKroll/status/540154682794995713
1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault— Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It | @drmcclain/ http://t.co/kng5gs4AL2
— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) May 10, 2014
#STARTLING: 1 in 5 women in college is victim of #sexual #assault. Survivors fighting back. My story @CBSEveningNews http://t.co/a4ZaweuYVt
— Maurice DuBois (@mauriceduboistv) May 1, 2014
Nor should we forget the many credulous media outlets that uncritically publicized the bogus stat:
1 in 5 female students will be victims of sexual assault on college campuses. http://t.co/tbzBWT0ZPl
— Morning Edition (@MorningEdition) April 30, 2014
1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It http://t.co/sNpPHz9ZJS
— The Nation (@thenation) May 13, 2014
Nearly 1/5 women in college is sexually assaulted. Rape kit exams are not available on Baltimore-area campuses. http://t.co/V0sC18sh8Q
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) September 2, 2014
1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted during her college years. How many universities are paying attention? http://t.co/WbC68A024w
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) July 9, 2014
1 in 5 college women are sexually assaulted – but prevention efforts must go off-campus, too: http://t.co/AfhaQUyqGN
— The Week (@TheWeek) April 29, 2014
MT @mauriceduboistv: #STARTLING: 1 in 5 women in college is victim of #sexual #assault. Survivors fighting back: http://t.co/DBlh4hy5NF
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) May 1, 2014
1 in 5 women is sexually assaulted in college. Just 1 percent of attackers are punished http://t.co/hfJzlvgfBw pic.twitter.com/VRRLgAWR5g
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 5, 2014
1 in 5 young women will be a victim of sexual assault while they are in college: http://t.co/M0WVAcrPrN #ActFact via @WhiteHouse
— MTV Politics (@MTVPolitics) May 3, 2014
1 in 5 female college students has been affected by sexual assault, says White House http://t.co/aqAB5picDG
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) August 1, 2014
DOJ estimates 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted during college. A few ways schools are failing to protect them: http://t.co/jKwaJwMStg
— ProPublica (@propublica) July 30, 2014
"It shouldn't be part of the cost of a college education to have 1 in 5 raped before they graduate." @SenGillibrand, sexual assault epidemic
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) May 15, 2014
The Left sure does love its phony social science statistics.
Related:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand removes debunked sexual assault statistic from website
‘You’re still peddling that’? Mother Jones keeps pushing debunked campus rape stat
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