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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,600 posts) Sun Jul 4, 2021, 09:07 AM Jul 2021

This week the Farm Bureau released its annual July 4th report, finding the cost of a cookout is down

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This week the Farm Bureau released its annual July 4th report, finding the cost of a cookout is down 16 cents from last year. 862 local newscasts covered the report over a 72-hour period; 700 of those managed to get the story completely backward: https://patreon.com/posts/53264228

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This week the Farm Bureau released its annual July 4th report, finding the cost of a cookout is down (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 OP

What other stories do the media get completely backwards? Boomerproud Jul 2021 #1

Boomerproud

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1. What other stories do the media get completely backwards?

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Sun Jul 4, 2021, 09:35 AM

Jul 2021

Hmmm.

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