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[benji]

Oldie but goldie

Modern journalism. No fact check. Just regurgitate retards on Twitter.

The tweet itself was from a journalist! It's really incredible when you think about it. It got through not just the two people on set, but the editors and similar, the graphics people and anyone else around who could have said "wait..." Nobody once questioned the idea that half a billion dollars is enough to give every American $1 million. They are part of a company that had $250+ billion in assets at the time. They could have sold their companies holdings in the literal building they were sitting in at the time and done it. They never wondered why the government just doesn't do this instead of spending 600 times that amount to give every American $1200 that was being discussed at the same exact time? Or the 16 times that amount that was spent just three days after the tweet? They just ignore that what the US government spends every single year is enough to make every American a billionaire?

edit: Looked it up, literally at the open of the episode, Williams mentioned that $8 billion:

Well, good evening once again from our NBC News headquarters here in New York. Day 1,141 of the Trump administration, leaving 243 days to go until the 2020 presidential election.

As the nation grows increasingly anxious about the coronavirus outbreak, our President`s focus is clearly on defending his administration and his fight to hold on to the White House. Fox News put on a town hall meeting for the President tonight, of all places in Joe Biden`s hometown of Scranton, P.A., more on that event later.

The Trump White House is under fire and under pressure for its response to the coronavirus. Right now the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. rising daily and region by region. There are now well over 200 confirmed cases in this country, but remember only 1,500 people have been tested.

Financial markets remain rattled by the relentless spread. Today the Dow lost about 970 points, largely erasing the big gains from earlier this week.

Both chambers of Congress have now approved an $8.3 billion emergency spending package bill to help fight the virus. The President is expected to sign it tomorrow.