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MSNBC agrees with math-challenged tweet claiming Bloomberg could have given every American $1m instead of spending $500m on campaign

gutshot

gutshot

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Oct 25, 2017
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I saw everyone dunking on this tweet the other day...

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The original tweet author has since locked her Twitter profile and the first line in her bio is now 'I know, I'm bad at math.' A somewhat humorous mistake that the internet would have mostly forgotten about by next week... except here comes MSNBC!



Another example of why 24-hour news channels are just not a great idea.
 
Absolute0

Absolute0

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Oct 27, 2017
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327 is close enough to 327,000,000. Why is everyone so upset, it's a simple mistake...
 
SeeingeyeDug

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Oct 28, 2017
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I stared at this OP way too long this morning trying to figure out why the math was bad. Derp! I need some coffee.
 
Mortemis

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Man... that's crazy that no one stopped them. Isn't there anyone backstage that could've told them "you're stupid, stop".
 
Keywork

Keywork

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Oct 25, 2017
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God, I wonder what would happen to these networks if Twitter just went away one day. It shows such a lack of journalistic integrity with how much they just rely on it for doing their work for them. Also, Isn't it really easy to become "verified" on Twitter and get a blue check? I thought I read somewhere you basically just have to go through a simple vetting process to prove you are human.
 
Ketch

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Oh shit.

I just can't.

When fact checking that you could do yourself on scratch paper in less then 3 minutes is too much trouble then you shouldn't be on TV! What the fuck.

Social media was a mistake. 24hrs was a mistake. We as a race of beings can't manage the amount of information available through the internet or even cable tv.

Shut it all fucking down
 

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Davey Cakes said:
Someone wasn't doing their job here...
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Do you really need to be prepared for this? Such a basic thing...
Makes me question if Brian Williams should actually be on TV at all.

Ketch said:
Oh shit.

I just can't.

When fact checking that you could do yourself on scratch paper in less then 3 minutes is too much trouble then you shouldn't be on TV! What the fuck.

Social media was a mistake. 24hrs was a mistake. We as a race of beings can't manage the amount of information available through the internet or even cable tv.

Shut it all fucking down
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Three minutes??
 
thecouncil

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Oct 29, 2017
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what does brian williams mean when he says "dont tell us if youre ahead of us on the math"?

like, what math does he think we're getting ahead of him on if he doesnt realize its wrong?
 
Bobson Dugnutt

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Lol How many people work on that program? It would have only needed one person to go "hang on a sec"
 
LukeOP

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Ketch said:
Oh shit.

I just can't.

When fact checking that you could do yourself on scratch paper in less then 3 minutes is too much trouble then you shouldn't be on TV! What the fuck.

Social media was a mistake. 24hrs was a mistake. We as a race of beings can't manage the amount of information available through the internet or even cable tv.

Shut it all fucking down
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3 minutes? Lol it shouldn't take more than a passing glance to fact check this.
 
808s & Villainy

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Oct 27, 2017
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Someone just have them google "orders of magnitude" and maybe task them with explaining, using those terms, why they're completely off -_-
 
steejee

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I'll confess I brain farted too when I first read it.

Though he probably would have gotten more traction by just paying people straight up in a few states under the table to vote for him.

NH had 300,000 ballots cast. Instead of spending 500MM on ads he could have slipped everyone who voted ~$1,666. Probably would have done better (at least til he got caught). Or slip 5 million people a $100 bill with a wink and a nudge. Actually that's more insane in a way - he could literally pay 5 million people $100 for whatever reason and it wouldn't put a dent in his fortune.
 
Starwing

Starwing

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I'm so ashamed that it took me 5 minutes to figure out the math.
 
ReginaldXIV

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SonicRift said:
Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The US population is 327 million. He could have bought each American a cup of coffee and still have money left over. I feel like a cup of coffee would be life-changing for you right now. Yet he wasted it all on ads and STILL LOST.
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Then he lost twice by not getting angry.
 
exodus

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gutshot said:
The original tweet author has since locked her Twitter profile and the first line in her bio is now 'I know, I'm bad at math.' A somewhat humorous mistake that the internet would have mostly forgotten about by next week... except here comes MSNBC!



Another example of why 24-hour news channels are just not a great idea.
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How can someone get a job being a news reporter not being able to do 4th grade math.
 
ElectricBlanketFire

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I hate shit like this because right-wing talk shows will use this as a "LOL lOoK hOw DumB tHe LiBs ArE" talking point forever.
 
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mael

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It's for stuffs like this that I have absolutely no trust in the American public.
 

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It seemed like Brian Williams noticed but the segment was already in motion, so they just rolled with the major point anyway. I wouldn't mind, if Trump watched it and thought that Bloomberg could actually do that.
 
uzipukki

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Incredible stupidity on display here. All around.
 
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