Brian Williams, NY Tim' Mara Gay Dragged for Bad On-Air Math About Bloomberg Campaign Spendg - TheWrap

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• BRIAN WILLIAMS, MARA GAY MAKE ABSURD MATH FLUB ABOUT MIKE BLOOMBERG’S WEALTH
• NYT’S MARA GAY PLAYS VICTIM RD AFTER SUCKG AT MATH
• BRIAN WILLIAMS, NY TIM’ MARA GAY DRAGGED FOR BAD ON-AIR MATH ABOUT BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN SPENDG
• NEW YORK TIM' MARA GAY MOCKED FOR ATTACKG 'RACIST TWTER MOB' FOLLOWG MSNBC MATH FIAS
• NEW YORK TIM’ MARA GAY RPONDS TO RACIST TWEETS FOLLOWG MSNBC MATH BLUNR

BRIAN WILLIAMS, MARA GAY MAKE ABSURD MATH FLUB ABOUT MIKE BLOOMBERG’S WEALTH

NBC’s Brian Williams and New York Tim edorial board member Mara Gay reported that Mike Bloomberg spent $327 trilln on his doomed printial bid. Williams and Gay ced a sce-leted tweet om eelance journalist Meka Rivas, who wrote Bloomberg spent $1 ln per U. “Somebody tweeted recently that actually wh the money he spent he uld have given every Amerin a ln dollars, ” Gay said Thursday eveng on Williams’s show.

The tweet was displayed by MSNBC as Williams and Gay offered mentary — seemgly unaware of the avalanche of rrectns on Twter.

NYT’S MARA GAY PLAYS VICTIM RD AFTER SUCKG AT MATH

Gay, dubbg Bloomberg a “billnaire wh good tentns, ” add: “It’s an credible way of puttg . Last week, MSNBC’s Brian Williams and New York Tim Edorial Board Member Mara Gay went viral when they dited an entire news segment to a tweet om wrer Meka Rivas.

BRIAN WILLIAMS, NY TIM’ MARA GAY DRAGGED FOR BAD ON-AIR MATH ABOUT BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN SPENDG

”Instead of rrectg the extremely dub math of Rivas, Williams and Gay went along wh as if was a super great pot. ”Gay ncurred: “It IS an credible way of puttg !

Now, Gay has emerged, relatively unsthed om her embarrassg viral moment to expla to all of a brand new New York Tim op-ed that everyone ma fun of her failure at math bee they were … you gused : racist! Mara Gay (@MaraGay) March 11, 2020. Gay refers to the mockery she received on Twter as a “luge of hate.

NEW YORK TIM' MARA GAY MOCKED FOR ATTACKG 'RACIST TWTER MOB' FOLLOWG MSNBC MATH FIAS

And they were wrong to e racial sults agast Gay. That don’t mean that was racist to pot out the math error ma by Williams, Gay, and the producg staff that fed them the tweet for on air discsn.

“Unfortunately, ” Gay wr, “que a few Amerins n tell you what ’s like to be the target of a Twter mob over a gaffe.

NEW YORK TIM’ MARA GAY RPONDS TO RACIST TWEETS FOLLOWG MSNBC MATH BLUNR

”We’re pretty sure that Gay was never danger of beg ncelled, but was important for many of to pot out that Williams and Gay were reprentative of the tablishment media who all too often talk down to their dience and mock and nigrate those who they nsir “plorable. One wonrs if Gay thks Twter mobs are jtified for other thgs, over anonymo accatns for example, or if she thks there are mobbgs that do serve a purpose. The clear petence wh figur exhibed by Williams, Gay, and the productn team, stands on s own.

Maybe was silly, as Gay says, or maybe was an obv willgns on the part of the punds to believe words jt bee they saw them wrten down. New York Tim edorial board member Mara Gay and MSNBC anchor Brian Williams were mocked Friday for a not-so-great monstratn of their math skills on the air Thursday night when neher realized that $500 ln divid among 327 ln people would not give each person $1 ln. Some media and televisn veterans, like former Fox Newser and current Sclair host Eric Bollg, poted out that MSNBC’s producers were also at flt for creatg a whole full-screen graphic of an unverified asssment om a third party and lettg Williams and Gay discs whout ever checkg the math.

“Buyg a lculator, brb, ” tweeted Gay herself Friday. Gay, for her part, agreed: “It’s an credible way of puttg .