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Back to the distinction between narrative and fact: on making it up to suit your politics in the blogosphere

Here are two post headlines referring to a new study of porn: Classically Liberal : Born Again and Porn Again: Is There a Connection? Delawareliberal : Porn in the USA: Conservatives are the biggest consumers Both purport to chronicle, with considerable glee, the reporting of a new porn study by economist Benjamin Edelman , entitled Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment? . Here's CL talking about the conclusions: One state seems to subscribe to porn channels more often than the other states. I won’t leave you waiting—it was Utah. Yes, the Beehive state, the Deseret Kingdom of Mormonism has more porn subscribers than any other state. No doubt they are all fantasizing about their future multiple wives in the afterlife —or not. In second place is Mississippi, home of countless fundamentalists. The next tier of states in porn consumption are all Bible-belt states, but one: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida. The one exception is North Dakota, which at least ...