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1. World's Media Report Horrific Headlines about NZ
Rob MacCulloch
- 🌍 The Royal Commission's report on abuse in NZ from 1950-2019 is shocking.
- 😱 World media and the NZ PM reacted with horror to findings of widespread abuse.
- 📰 Headlines claim 200,000 people were abused, but this figure is disputed.
- 📉 Estimates by Martin Jenkins range widely, from 36,000 to 256,000.
- 🤔 Challenges in estimating abuse numbers include under-reporting and methodological issues.
- 📊 Different approaches like 'top down' and 'bottom up' yield vastly different results.
- 🕵️♂️ Independent review highlights errors and uncertainties in the data.
- ⚖️ The true extent of abuse may never be precisely known, despite headline figures.
