As heard on TV

If you hear it on TV it must be true, right?  On the morning news this morning two reporters-in-training were presenting information about a fall festival being put on at a local farm.  One young reporter said that she would not be going out to the farm because in her words "I'm afraid of cows, they kill more people than sharks."  This may or may not be true.  I have not heard any news reports recently about deadly cow attacks, but the comment did remind me of one of my long ago boss's favorite comments "50% of all statistics are made up on the spot."  I'm pretty sure it was true in his case..