Monday, August 25, 2025

600 of one, half a dozen of the other

This morning, just after 8 AM, Morning Joe Scarborough showed a tweet from Governor Newsom. It said crime is 400 percent higher in some red state than in some blue state, I don't remember which states.

Paraphrasing the tweet, Scarborough said crime is 400 times higher in the red state.

400 percent higher means 4 times higher. Not 400 times. 

It probably wasn't on purpose. He probably doesn't know. It's math stuff. But really, Joe, get it right!


I googled the tweet for details:


The states are Louisiana and California. And it's not the "crime" rate, it's the murder rate. But the politics of it is not my point. 

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