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Hawkmoon

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An unapology
« on: May 03, 2020, 11:08:39 AM »
Yahoo "journalist" gets his facts wrong, takes on Trump, and has to eat his words. Sort of.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/yahoo-reporter-apologizes-trump-false-coronaviryus-claim

The exchange was over per capita test rates, with the reporter claiming that South Korea's test rate is five times better than the U.S. The facts show that, in fact, the U.S. per capita test rate is better than that of South Korea by a factor of 1.43. So the reporter was not just wrong ... he was wrong by several orders of magnitude.

So he "apologized" -- and in the process tried to shift the discussion from test rates (which was the topic) to infection rates (which was not the topic). Classic lamestream media bait-and-switch. "We're right, even when we're wrong."
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230RN

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Re: An unapology
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2020, 09:54:55 AM »

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« Last Edit: May 04, 2020, 10:13:13 AM by 230RN »
WHATEVER YOUR DEFINITION OF "INFRINGE " IS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.