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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
This actually is surprising fwiw. There is certainly no reason to assume it based on it the name alone and every reason to assume that they're just a standard professional group-- but I see that they are a distinct group from the American Academy of Pediatricians.
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Originally Posted by jjjou812
Also interesting is that American Acedemy of Pediatricians has 67,000 members and The American College of Pediatricians has only 500 members (only half of which are pedestrians).
I was probably a bit flippant in commenting how obvious it can be.
This is sadly a common tactic in the US, as I have found when looking for statistics and articles; lobbying groups or advocacy groups often adopt neutral sounding names, or names that are easy to confuse with existing and recognized organizations. The publications can then vary in quality from outright fabrication to using a lot of half-truths.
It is not limited to one side of the political spectrum. It is not unique to the US, but I will say that it is particularly prevalent there. I have found that in recent years it has actually become harder and harder to find neutral data or to verify that articles or data is good.
My tip is generally to check out the general website on any article, and do some basic research on the group that publishes it. That doesn't automatically imply that people should disagree with the piece, but I'd say as a general rule of thumb that groups that try to misrepresent what they are should be taken with a grain of salt.