# “We didn’t put on the screen that it added up to 100 percent.”

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**Created:** [December 9, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092 "2009-12-09T14:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/1 "2009-12-09T14:11:02Z")

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It’s one thing to get it wrong, it’s another so have an answer like this.  
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_Fox producer Lauren Petterson, executive producer of Fox & Friends, said in an interview Tuesday that graphic wasn’t erroneous._

_“We were just talking about three interesting pieces of information from Rasmussen,” Petterson said. “ **We didn’t put on the screen that it added up to 100 percent**.”_  
 ![http://www.rawstory.com/images/new/foxnewsclimatepoll.jpg](http://www.rawstory.com/images/new/foxnewsclimatepoll.jpg)

REALLY?

and the follow up mistake, only wrong by $198 billion:  
 ![http://catseyeweb.com/forum/2billion.jpg](http://catseyeweb.com/forum/2billion.jpg)

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**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/2 "2009-12-09T14:12:54Z")

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LOL @ the first one.

Not so much the error, but the defense.

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**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/3 "2009-12-09T14:13:59Z")

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lol, Faux news for ya.

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**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/4 "2009-12-09T14:32:38Z")

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They have to be fair & balanced to percentages over 100 guys, go back to watching your biased liberal stations.

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**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/5 "2009-12-09T14:39:29Z")

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as usual, a very good, honest, and well ran news source

fair and balanced :tup:

:bloated:

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**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/6 "2009-12-09T14:42:05Z")

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120% of the time.

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**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/7 "2009-12-09T14:44:12Z")

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So are we only spending 2 million on tarp?

First one is awesome.

I’m usually 100% correct at least 90% of the time.

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/8 "2009-12-09T14:47:26Z")

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> [@ultradriver10000](#):
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> So are we only spending 2 million on tarp?

no, Obama is saying that TARP will cost 200 **billion** less than the expected cost. Fox reported it as 2 **billion** less.

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**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/we-didn-t-put-on-the-screen-that-it-added-up-to-100-percent/77092/9 "2009-12-09T16:16:35Z")

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Daily Show caught this:

[http://videos.mediaite.com/video/Jon-Stewart-Goes-After-Fox-Frie](http://videos.mediaite.com/video/Jon-Stewart-Goes-After-Fox-Frie)

Steve Doocy even almost says the top two add up to 94%, but stopped himself. Probably after reading down to the next 26% :bloated:
