The Integrity of Numbers: A Blow to Trust in Government Statistics The recent revelation that Trump officials quietly removed a ban on political interference from the Census Bureau's scientific integrity policy highlights the risks of politicizing objective truth.
This move, which followed the release of a report tied to a Trump aligned think tank, raises fundamental questions about the independence and integrity of government statistics.
The removal of this language may seem like a minor bureaucratic tweak, but its implications are far reaching and disturbing.