Posted on 07/16/2023 12:11:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Several days after Business Insider admitted they had published inaccurate numbers of state residents that moved to Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin cited them and used them in an attack piece about Gov. Ron DeSantis’, R-Fla., leadership of the state.
Rubin published the column Friday in which she claimed, "DeSantis likes to brag that more people are moving to Florida than ever. Not so fast. ‘An estimated 674,740 people reported that their permanent address changed from Florida to another state in 2021.’" Those numbers are wrong and the Post, in a correction on Saturday, admitting the column "mischaracterized" the stats.
She originally added, "’That’s more than any other state, including New York or California, the two states that have received the most attention for outbound migration during the pandemic,’ according to the American Community Survey released in June tracking state-by-state migration."
Business Insider published the figure earlier in the week, claiming that 674,740 residents left the state, overtaking 433,402 residents leaving California and 287,249 residents moving from New York.
Though the outlet corrected it Tuesday, after critics, including Team DeSantis’ Christina Pushaw, pointed out, consulted the data the report was based on and blasted the paper.
Pushaw tweeted, "That figure -- 674,740 -- is people who moved TO Florida, not OUT OF Florida. Retraction needed."
Confirming critics’ analysis, Business Insider wrote a new piece correcting the figure, which was headlined, "We got it wrong: More people moved out of New York and California in 2021."
In it, reporter Kelsey Neubauer – who wrote the original erroneous piece – stated, "Out-of-staters flocked to Florida in 2021, with some 674,740 people moving there," amending the claim.
It added, "About 469,577 residents left the state, for a net population gain of 205,163 . . ."
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Article was actually published on July 15. #FatFingers
The Washington Post is doing their foreign masters bidding.
Chicomms or WEF?
Shouldn’t webe cheering that theu got this ad wrong?
The Washington Post. “News of record” for liberals.
Because if liberals say it’s true, then it’s true, especially if they repeat it. And if the facts contradict the narrative, the facts lie.
And keep repeating that crap until we on the other side give up.
Since when has the Left ever cared about the truth?
Jennifer Rubin is Present Day Helen Thomas.
Only uglier.
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