With Friends Like These...

According to their Web site, the Print Council is "a business development alliance dedicated to promoting the greater use of print media." Last week, WhatTheyThink had a story trumpeting: "The Print Council's Expenditures Approach $1 Million." Dr. Joe, though, went into statistical overdrive and calculated that:

for every $1 achieved by the Print Council, printing volume goes down by $5000.

This is either the plot of a Mel Brooks movie or else conspiratorial forces are at work!