For anyone with the slightest interest in modern politics, the full two-minutes-plus of this clip from The War Room will be an irresistibly rewarding glimpse back at life two decades ago. But the 20-second soliloquy by James Carville that starts around time 1:40 shows the bright thread of false-equivalence thinking that runs from that time to our own.
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"We say 50 + 50 is 104, they say 50 + 50 is 104,000, and the press will say, 'Well both of 'em are stretching the numbers a little bit.' "
Thanks to reader RM.
Thanks to reader RM.
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Bonus update for math/coding folks in the audience. A reader in Corvallis, Oregon writes:
A previous reader said:"I often feel that the true expression is:"Democrats: 1+1 = 4"Republicans: 1+1 = 12"Press: 1+1= 10, probably, though some experts disagree."In this case, the press is correct. They are just using "sophisticated' language to prove their superiority."There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't."
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