If I recall correctly, this was the first lesson in Darrell Huff's "How to Lie With Statistics". Exploit the ambiguity in the word "average", which can mean median, mode, or mean at different times.
Not that I think you or the article is lying. But I think you are confused by the article's use of the word "average". To you, it means "mean". To the article, it means "median". If you had both used the word you meant, there wouldn't be an issue.
Not that I think you or the article is lying. But I think you are confused by the article's use of the word "average". To you, it means "mean". To the article, it means "median". If you had both used the word you meant, there wouldn't be an issue.