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NYT Op-Ed Writer: Yeah, I Made A 'Trivial' Math Mistake on MSNBC. Also, You're Racist For Noticing.
Townhall.com ^ | March 12, 2020 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 03/13/2020 4:21:49 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

It sees a though if your are an arrogant black women with a big mouth and nothing upstairs you can literally mouth off with no facts on hand and get away with it, AND IF YOU QUESTION HER (NO FACTS)ANSWERS OR HER INTELLECT GET READY TO FIGHT


21 posted on 03/13/2020 4:55:27 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nicdip.com)
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To: Kaslin

Estrogen: the antidote for needing to take responsibility for error!

They oughta sell this stuff. Oh, I forgot, that’s not required since it’s acquired by osmosis. The evidence: the products of the American education system from Kindergarten through Graduate School


22 posted on 03/13/2020 5:01:01 AM PDT by rockwell torrey
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To: Kaslin

Her math skills are irrelevant, it’s her blind liberalism that makes her the laughing stock of the country. She actually believed that Mike Bloomberg could give away just 4 percent of his wealth and that would make every man, woman and child (plus a few non-binaries) in the US millionaires. That shows that she has zero common sense, as well as zero math skill. To me, that’s what makes her stupid.


23 posted on 03/13/2020 5:04:48 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Calm down and enjoy the ride, great things are happening for our country)
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To: Kaslin
Also, You're Racist For Noticing.

Kind of like noticing the crime rate of black males 15-30, or the number of single moms or the 'education gap' or... You are 'racist' for noticing.

24 posted on 03/13/2020 5:11:11 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Kaslin

wow - she seems to miss a very important point: journalists should aim for accuracy. when proven wrong, admit your mistake and do better. and what about all the others who missed the mistake as well? this points up the sad state of journalism.


25 posted on 03/13/2020 5:13:41 AM PDT by avital2
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To: Kaslin

There’s a calculator on your phone, honey.


26 posted on 03/13/2020 5:18:13 AM PDT by sauropod (David Horowitz: “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out.”)
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To: Kaslin

Loon


27 posted on 03/13/2020 5:20:40 AM PDT by Crucial
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To: Kaslin

I heard this “1 million” per person discussed on Rush and articles here, not once was the race of the person making the statement mentioned. Until this article I did not know she was black.

Now I do recall her being mocked as a stupid liberal (yes I know stupid liberal is redundant).


28 posted on 03/13/2020 5:21:56 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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Funny thing is that the math error was their fundamental arguing point. It was not a side point. So they should have done some kind of sanity check.


29 posted on 03/13/2020 5:23:55 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around. God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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Off by a factor of only a million. Look, the math error is understandable; it’s the failure to say, “Wait... that can’t be right.”

How skewed does it make your political and economic views to believe that one rich guy could turn all Americans into millionaires?


30 posted on 03/13/2020 5:27:31 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Kaslin

She’s a low IQ individual who happens to have high melanin.

Playing the race card is a learned behavior. It is often rewarded.

But real people who do real work and actually achieve things don’t have time to consider themselves victims.

And math is hard.


31 posted on 03/13/2020 5:29:57 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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But that does seem central to their plans. Bernie wants to spend $60T on healthcare. Now, you might think $60T is a lot of money. But it’s easy to pay for it! Just reach into the pockets of a couple of billionaires and pull out some money! Easy-Peasy!

This is the level at which they think.


32 posted on 03/13/2020 5:30:56 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: xp38

Thank you!


33 posted on 03/13/2020 5:32:30 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: Kaslin

Yeah, what’s six zeros. Trivial mistake in the day of dumbed down math for Millennials.


34 posted on 03/13/2020 5:33:05 AM PDT by DAC21 ( and Naflet had demint)
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It explains how the ‘rats can look at Bernie’s programs and say “Yeah, we can fund those’.


35 posted on 03/13/2020 5:34:28 AM PDT by Vinnie
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So, she is stupid, unqualified, a crybaby, and a racist,... how lovely.


36 posted on 03/13/2020 5:35:15 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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I hope they give her a penny for her next pay check. It's only a trivial difference.


37 posted on 03/13/2020 5:35:36 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: Kaslin
First, it wasn't a "trivial" mistake. The math behind it was off by roughly 5 or 6 orders of magnitude - depending on how you took the original comment.

This is a huge mistake. This isn't causing your pancake batter to be a little runny because you put in a little too much milk after you screwed up the cup to ml conversion. This is roughly the difference between that gallon of milk in your fridge and an olympic sized swimming pool full of milk.

Playing the race card to defend your own stupidity just marks you as equally weak in character and math skills. But that's a leftist for you - trivialize your (typically numerous) mistakes and deflect any criticism by marginalizing and demonizing anyone who dares point them out.

38 posted on 03/13/2020 5:45:02 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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Listen here, sweety, from a guy who has been in broadcast news since Reagan was in office.

CHECK YOUR FACTS BEFORE TOU GO ON THE AIR. NO WXCUSES.

You failed as a television personality. And all you can do is suck it up, admit your mistake and move on. Are you going to get hate mail? Yes you are. Deal with it. I once got in trouble for making a joke about the folks that work the graveyard shift at the casket plant. I got hate mail. I apologized and moved on. I’m still in the business all these years later. Grow some skin and understand that when you put yourself on the air, everyone is going to have a opinion. When you make a stupid, simple math error, you’re gonna get a lot of it. Grow up.


39 posted on 03/13/2020 5:47:55 AM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: MV=PY

Some math is hard but this wasn’t.


40 posted on 03/13/2020 5:48:05 AM PDT by xp38
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