This article by Stephen Dinan was on the front page of the Washington Times (October 18, 2024). The FBI’s latest data shows police reports of violent crime rose from 2021 to 2022, contradicting the bureau’s previous assertions and undercutting the narrative...
Our research at Real Clear Investigations on the "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats" continues to get a lot of media attention. A Crime Spike Revealed John Lott writes for RealClearInvestigations: When the FBI originally released the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61GHq3t0sDE Fox News @Night With Trace Gallagher discussed our Real Clear Investigation piece on the FBI and violent crime. Dr. Lott’s new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations is here: “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises...
Our research at Real Clear Investigations on the "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats" continues to receive extensive media attention. John R. Lott, the President of the Crime Prevention Research Center, drives...
Multiple legacy media outlets that covered the FBI’s report on violent crime going down in 2022 have ignored the bureau’s major revision,which shows that violent crime increased that year. In September 2023, the FBI claimed that data showed violent crime...
The Glenn Beck Show discussed our Real Clear Investigation piece on the FBI and violent crime. Dr. Lott's new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations is here: "Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats." Glenn Beck's show is listened to by 8.75...
A writer at the Kansas City Star, David Mastio, received a response from the FBI (we never did). Mastio's bottom line is: "Here’s what I’ve learned in decades of covering Washington: When bad news is false, agency press people go out of their way to make it crystal...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQu-mWsMsM Fox News' Gutfeld! discussed our Real Clear Investigation piece on the FBI and violent crime. Dr. Lott’s new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations is here: “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats.”...
The Dan Bongino Show discussed our Real Clear Investigation piece on the FBI and violent crime. Dr. Lott's new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations is here: “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats.” Glenn Beck's show is listened to by 8.5...
Dr. John Lott talked to KTRH's Corey Olson about our work on how the media and Democrats are misleading Americans about the crime statistics. September 25, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has been hit with numerous “fact-checks” on the campaign trail that have cited FBI statistics to maintain violent crime is falling in America. However, the bureau quietly adjusted its figures for 2022 in recent weeks — and...
Dr. John Lott has a new investigative piece at Real Clear Investigations. It also appeared at Alpha News, Patriot Post, Tipp Insights. . When the FBI originally released the "final" crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime...