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...
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CPRC Report in the Real Clear Investigations in the News: Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Townhall, National Review, and much more
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...
Fox News’ The Five Mentions Our Research, though there were multiple errors in the discussion.
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...
CPRC Report in the Real Clear Investigations in the News: American Thinker, Business & Politics, Tipp Insights, American Military News, The Times of India, and much more
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...
Even More Coverage of Our Real Clear Investigations Report, CPRC in the News: The Daily Wire, The Federalist, American Thinker, Broad & Liberty, Patriot Post, and More
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...
Glenn Beck Show Discusses Our Work
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...
FBI Finally Responds to the Real Clear Investigations Research that Shows the FBI Secretly Changed 2022 Crime Data from a Drop to an Increase. Kansas City Star: “Judging from the ridiculous answer the FBI sent me, the right-wing media reports are true.”
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...
Fox News’ Gutfeld! Mentions Our Research, Second Night in a Row
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.”...
Dan Bongino Show Mentions Our Research
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...
On Houston’s Giant 50,000 Watt KTRH: “Numbers Game: Dems, Media Distort Crime Stats”
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
News Coverage of our Real Clear Investigations Piece on “Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats”
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...
Real Clear Investigations: Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats
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...












