Current Events > MSNBC's Brian Williams FAILS big time with simple arithmetic

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MeltyAlert
03/06/20 9:07:27 AM
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Now, I'm not the smartest man in math, but I don't need a calculator to know the math was WAYYY off on something he reported on last night.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbcs-brian-williams-ny-times-editor-marvel-at-tweet-that-got-bloomberg-math-really-wrong

The Super Tuesday evening post, now deleted, said: Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over, I feel like a $1 million check would be life-changing for people. Yet he wasted it all on ads and STILL LOST.
Its an incredible way of putting it, Williams gushed.

In reality, however, had Bloomberg divvied his advertising dollars among all Americans, the per-capita cash-out would have been more like $1.53 per person not even enough to take a ride on New York Citys subway.
One Twitter user who took notice of the bad math was writer Michael Salfino of New Jersey.
What is wrong with these people? Salfino wrote. This would be right here if there were 327 people in the US. And this reflects horribly on the NY Times too. Can someone stop and think for two seconds?

How does NOBODY at MSNBC not think for a second and go "there's no way that's accurate." Nope, they just run with the story.

Fucking...idiotic. @Complete_Idi0t your thoughts sir?

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KillerSlaw
03/06/20 9:11:45 AM
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And people on here get mad when i talk shit about corporate media

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Ushiromiya
03/06/20 9:13:31 AM
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I have nothing useful to add, but lib media has really been ass out this election cycle.

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Silver Bearings
03/06/20 9:15:12 AM
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I'll take the $1.53 and buy a large soda that Bloomberg wants to regulate.

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DeadBankerDream
03/06/20 9:15:48 AM
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MeltyAlert posted...
The Super Tuesday evening post, now deleted, said: Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over

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Silver Bearings
03/06/20 9:16:48 AM
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Also, Brian Williams, if everyone had $1 million dollars, it wouldn't be worth what it is today! Supply and demand...

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MeltyAlert
03/06/20 9:18:50 AM
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Silver Bearings posted...
Also, Brian Williams, if everyone had $1 million dollars, it wouldn't be worth what it is today! Supply and demand...

Indeed. Massive inflation would begin.

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Artemis86
03/06/20 9:20:29 AM
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Silver Bearings posted...
Also, Brian Williams, if everyone had $1 million dollars, it wouldn't be worth what it is today! Supply and demand...
Except there wouldnt be more money. Just less concentration of money in the hands of a few. So it would be worth just as much, and actually maybe get spent to boot.
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Complete_Idi0t
03/06/20 11:13:41 AM
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You guys are forgetting to take in account the greatly reduced US population due to coronavirus

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MeltyAlert
03/06/20 11:33:45 AM
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Complete_Idi0t posted...
You guys are forgetting to take in account the greatly reduced US population due to coronavirus

I knew I tagged you for a reason! Never thought of that!!!

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XXmiznatorXX
03/06/20 12:33:04 PM
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Remember when Don Lemon mocked half the country for being ignorant?

Yet, here we are with corporate media...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsEE57PGSE8
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Shotgunnova
03/06/20 12:36:28 PM
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Its an incredible way of putting it, Williams gushed.
He's right about this part, haha.

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TeaMilk
03/06/20 12:41:28 PM
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I would watch NBC news with my dad as a kid and talk about how I wished Brian Williams could be my real dad

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DeadBankerDream
03/06/20 12:43:20 PM
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XXmiznatorXX posted...
Remember when Don Lemon mocked half the country for being ignorant?

Yet, here we are with corporate media...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsEE57PGSE8

I don't know what point you think you're making. It doesn't strike me as one that disproves that Don Lemon was right to mock half the country for being ignorant.

Also, he didn't do that. He had a weird laughing fit over someone else doing it.
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Zack_Attackv1
03/06/20 4:16:25 PM
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Wewillrocku
03/06/20 4:18:26 PM
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Silver Bearings posted...
I'll take the $1.53 and buy a large soda that Bloomberg wants to regulate.
sounds vengeful.

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BlingBling22947
03/06/20 9:26:03 PM
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Complete_Idi0t posted...
You guys are forgetting to take in account the greatly reduced US population due to coronavirus

lmfao

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