Why does the IBO organization write so badly?

I have begun to re-read my students "Theory of Knowledge" Essays. I was immediately struck (once again) by the unnecessary verbiage in the questions.

In general, I believe that this is a common property of documents issued by the IBO organization. That is shameful for a variety of reasons. -Not least of which because they are supposed to be giving students an example....

Here is a question desperately in need of re-writing:

"Statistics can be very helpful in providing a powerful interpretation of reality but can also be used to distort our understanding. Discuss some of the ways in which statistics can be used or misused in different Areas of Knowledge to assist and mislead us, and how we can determine whether to accept the statistical evidence that is presented to us."

Exercise for the reader: Re-write this question in a simpler way.