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Post subject: "Math Fail: Fox News Says 8.6 Percent Unemployment Is Greater Than 8.8 And Equal to 9"

Posted: 12/12/11 1:00 pm • # 1

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I'm not sure which is worse: the thought that Fox dolts did this intentionally or the thought that Fox dolts did this carelessly ~ either/or, I'm not waiting for a correction ~

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Math Fail: Fox News Says 8.6 Percent Unemployment Is Greater Than 8.8 And Equal To 9

By Tanya Somanader posted from ThinkProgress Economy on Dec 12, 2011 at 2:33 pm

For Fox News, math is tricky. After all, the subject does require a working knowledge of fractions, percentages, and knowing that 9 is greater than 8. Today, Fox took a stab at those concepts in a chart tracking unemployment rates over the past year. As Media Matters noted, Fox determined that the 8.6 percent unemployment rate in November is higher than the 8.8 percent rate from March and equal to the 9 percent rate from April:

The actual chart of 2011 unemployment looks like this:

Seven polls have found that Fox News viewers are the most misinformed. Seven is also the integer between 6 and 8.

http://thinkprogress.org/...chart-unemployment-fail/

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Post subject: "Math Fail: Fox News Says 8.6 Percent Unemployment Is Greater Than 8.8 And Equal to 9"

Posted: 12/12/11 1:03 pm • # 2

They did it intentionally because they know their viewers are not that bright. Fox can tell their viewers anything and their viewers will believe it.

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