I believe Benford's Law is neither correct nor a "Law". Instead, BL is a product of the fact that all observed numbers are shown in Base 10, sets chosen for study are absolutely not "randomly selected", and many are biased in that they each relentlessly grow.
To be a "Law", the underlying principle should work in every base of mathematical expression.
To be a "Law", the underlying principle should work in every base of mathematical expression.