As Twitchy reported, AT&T announced Wednesday after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that it would pay a special bonus of $1,000 to more than 200,000 of its U.S. employees.
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/943559547578470400
Seattle Times reporter Mike Rosenberg warned Americans to be skeptical of AT&T’s announcement; after all, AT&T had made that same announcement just a week earlier … sort of.
Just one nagging detail about AT&T’s earlier announcement — the union-mandated bonus was slated to go to 20,000 employees, not 200,000.
Lefties keep sending me this re: AT&T. What am I missing? The union deal calls for $1,000 for 20K employees; today’s bonus is for *200K* employees https://t.co/k7OmG1zeWg
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) December 20, 2017
That says 20,000 employees, not 200,000. Big difference.
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) December 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/LDoren/status/943600060285292544
Good advice:
https://twitter.com/MrJoshPerry/status/943599145838956544
To his credit, Rosenberg screen capped his own tweet and deleted the original, explaining that “the text didn’t call out the discrepancy in the two screenshots.” Here’s Take 2:
https://twitter.com/ByRosenberg/status/943601001323413504
Funny, since we’re dealing with basic math and all … the first tweet racked up more than 1,300 retweets, while the clarification is currently hovering around 25. Big difference.
Maybe journalists should skip sexual harassment training and take a refresher on how to report good news for a change.
So Boeing, Fifth Third Bank, and AT&T so far are giving bonuses to employees based on Tax reform.
Just in time for Christmas.#CryingDemocrats
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) December 20, 2017
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