Left wing propaganda factory Media Matters for America is sometimes a little too eager to attack Fox News. Couple that with a blogger who doesn’t understand the concept of sets and subsets and it can get comical.
Something is very wrong with this picture… http://t.co/VC8cbG7wmq pic.twitter.com/Ju0d82vEx9
— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 30, 2014
If you’re Barack Obama there certainly is. 60% of those polled disapprove of his performance and most of those disapprove strongly.
CNN’s Brian Stelter piled on, claiming Fox was literally saying 110% of America disapproves of the president’s performance.
Classically bad Fox graphic tonight, caught by @mmfa. 110% disapproval of Obama? (Real poll: http://t.co/Bo4FUcDJVw) pic.twitter.com/eBs3QIp0LI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 31, 2014
He even included a link to a graph that visually shows the 50% is a subset of the 60%.
.@brianstelter @mmfa it's actually accurate. The strongly disapprove is a subset of the disapprove #
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) July 31, 2014
@HotlineJosh i know it is, but it's not presented that way on-screen. the title says "approve or disapprove?"
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 31, 2014
@brianstelter and the results listed the disapproval numbers. Didn't list approve/strongly approve. Not much of a gotcha moment.
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) July 31, 2014
@HotlineJosh @brianstelter @mmfa Fun-ruiner.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) July 31, 2014
@mmfa fox math!
— robert (@cocks7163) July 30, 2014
I'm pretty bad at math, but… RT @mmfa Something is very wrong with this picture… http://t.co/gcBIDlO3iG pic.twitter.com/SgdTw6DoX3
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) July 30, 2014
@mmfa It's the source. Faux news is a joke!
— K8 (@k8c223) July 30, 2014
math is awesome RT @mmfa Something is very wrong with this picture… http://t.co/iqVCPlRzvu pic.twitter.com/njP8iIHEs3
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 30, 2014
It sure is Oliver. You should try it sometime. Maybe someone at MSNBC can come give Media Matters a refresher course in venn diagrams and such.
@Mark_Kawada pic.twitter.com/d6dPbmbtIM
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 30, 2014
LOLiver Willis, ladies and gentlemen.
@mmfa @gollum1419_g Wow. 110% Obama disapproval. Guess Dems are sunk.
— aquart (@aquart) July 31, 2014
Derp.
I am disappoint, @mmfa. You know 'strongly disapprove' is a subset of disapprove. Be better, leave specious accusations to them.
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) July 31, 2014
We are also disappoint.
@commiegirl1 Yes, but it's not presented here as a subset. Was there another slide that showed the "approve/strongly approve" in same way?
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 31, 2014
it wouldn't be much better for O to show the 22 percent who strongly approve out of the 40 who approve @Rschooley
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) July 31, 2014
Heh.
@commiegirl1 Yeah, but at least it would be fair.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 31, 2014
it's already fair. they presented the fact (as of this poll). they didn't juice a graph or anything. @Rschooley
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) July 31, 2014
@commiegirl1 I don't know. They didn't present the positive numbers at all, and the vo used "and" vs. "of those." Seems purposely confusing.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 31, 2014
There has got to be some way in which this perfectly legitimate graphic is deceptive, and Bob is going to find it.
@commiegirl1 @mmfa Based upon the question, of course it is
— Evan Robertson (@evanrobertsonDC) July 31, 2014
.@evanrobertsonDC @mmfa No it isn't.
Disapprove and strongly disapprove has no bearing on "approve." @commiegirl1 is right.— Cody LaDiablita ☠️⚓️ (@cody_k) July 31, 2014
@commiegirl1 @mmfa Once I watched the clip, you have a valid point. My bad, should have watched it first.
— Evan Robertson (@evanrobertsonDC) July 31, 2014
Good on you, Evan
@evanrobertsonDC look at you doing your due diligence! you're a better man than I am. I'm listening to Marvin Gaye instead 😀
— Rebecca Schoenkopf, Wonkette Editrix, King Of You (@commiegirl1) July 31, 2014
Who knew there were honest commies?
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