Washington Post correspondent tries to slam president Trump on gas price "lie," gets tripped up on the pesky details of math and averages
http://twitchy.com/brads-313037/2020/04/06/washington-post-correspondent-tries-to-slam-president-trump-on-gas-price-lie-gets-tripped-up-on-the-pesky-details-of-math-and-averages/
When Trump Derangement eclipses your journalistic principles it can be sad. For you, the journalist. For the rest of us, it can become pretty funny.
The latest "gotcha" is involving President Trump and his mentioning of gas prices. In a recent speech, he made a comment about the cost per gallon falling below $1.00. James Hohmann, who is a correspondent for the Washington Post, really felt he caught President Trump in a lie, and he attempted to dunk on him - and he ends up on the disabled list as a result.
James Hohmann ~ Trump just said he's seeing gasoline selling for 91 cents a gallon.
AAA says the national average is $1.94.
Interesting - Hohmann has come up with this ironclad proof that Trump lied about this, yet there is all of this bothersome evidence lying around.
Rachel Mullen ~ Lakewood, Ohio
Chad Felix Greene ~ "A station in Cleveland, Ohio, is now selling gas for 94 cents per gallon, GasBuddy users report. Incredibly the price is actually up from March 29, when it sold a gallon of gas for just 89 cents."
http://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/gas-prices-average-drop-kentucky-station/
cleatus van damm ~ 89 cents in Galveston,TX.
Writer, CR HIATT ~ 99 cents in Kentucky. 1.99 in parts of Massachusetts.
SemiCasual Observer ~ 92 cents in Oklahoma. ...
Could that be the case? These are the people who are railing loudly about the president mentioning anything about medications, who love to correct the man who is advised daily by healthcare experts. And basic arithmetic principals such as fractions elude them.
Don't Stand So Close to Dawn ~ You see, averages factor in highest AND lowest prices. So even though $1.94 is the average, it's true that all *possible* prices actually include amounts quite a bit higher & quite a bit lower than that. You know, because of the definition of "average."
Here comes Ordy Cottontail! ~ Those who can math, do.
Those who can't, become correspondents for @washingtonpost. ...
A Standard Deviation ~ There are no short men in the US because the average height is 5'10". ...
Kyle Beckley ~ The average American has 1 testicle.
GregEsq ~ I just saw $1.43 for regular. Next time I drive by, I'll tell the manager to raise the price to the "average" so your take is not as stupid. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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