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Thursday, March 12, 2020

'Nothing the haters can do about it': Math-flubbing New York Times editorial board member blames criticism on racism

A New York Times editor attributed the fallout from her mathematical gaffe on MSNBC to racism in a recent op-ed.

Mara Gay, a member of the New York Times editorial board, mistakenly claimed last week that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg could have given a million dollars to every American with the $500 million he spent on his abortive presidential campaign. “Somebody tweeted recently that, actually, with the money he spent, he could have given every American a million dollars," Gay said.

“It’s an incredible way of putting it. It’s true. It’s disturbing. It does suggest what we’re talking about here: There is too much money in politics," she later added.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

They need more oxygen in that studio, and the people on camera need to smoke less weed.

Anonymous said...

I am sick of these ignorant minorities blaming their failures on racism