I've been analyzing survey data for a decade, and something keeps bugging me: most reported statistics in news articles are misleading, even when the numbers themselves are accurate. For instance, a 2019 study claimed a 50% increase in remote work, but the baseline was so small that the change affected only 2% of the workforce. How do you decide which statistics to trust when the methodology is often buried or unexamined? Should we demand full raw data before accepting any claim, or is some level of trust in the analyst unavoidable?