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Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:20 am
by _DoubtingThomas
CNN's Christine Romans tells you your chances of winning the $1.6 billion jackpot, which is less than your chances of getting struck by lighting or dying in an asteroid strike.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/201 ... ay-vpx.cnnYou really can't make ______ up on national TV.
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:00 am
by _Res Ipsa
What are the odds of each of these events, DT?
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:38 pm
by _subgenius
and what is the basis for the lawsuit?
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:50 pm
by _DoubtingThomas
Res Ipsa wrote:What are the odds of each of these events, DT?
CNN is right about the lighting strike, but not about the asteroid strike. Nobody knows what are the odds of getting killed by an asteroid.
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 6:50 pm
by _DoubtingThomas
subgenius wrote:and what is the basis for the lawsuit?
Fake statistics can hurt the business.
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 7:28 pm
by _Res Ipsa
DoubtingThomas wrote:Res Ipsa wrote:What are the odds of each of these events, DT?
CNN is right about the lighting strike, but not about the asteroid strike. Nobody knows what are the odds of getting killed by an asteroid.
So you didn’t even look?
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:19 pm
by _subgenius
DoubtingThomas wrote:subgenius wrote:and what is the basis for the lawsuit?
Fake statistics can hurt the business.
That doesn't sound like a legit legal cause...especially in the context of OP....and especially since "hurt business" is likely unproven at this point.
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:23 pm
by _DoubtingThomas
Res Ipsa wrote:So you didn’t even look?
Lindley Johnson, NASA’s planetary defense officer, said in an email that a death by meteorite impact was so rare that one has never been scientifically confirmed in recorded history. “There have been reports of injuries, but even those were extremely rare before the Chelyabinsk event three years ago,” he said, referring to a 2013 episode in Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/worl ... -says.html
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:47 am
by _Res Ipsa
If you googled, you found the estimated odds, DT. Why won’t you just fess up to the estimate?
Re: Megamillions should sue CNN
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:40 am
by _DoubtingThomas
Res Ipsa wrote:If you googled, you found the estimated odds, DT. Why won’t you just fess up to the estimate?
Google is not a research study. How many people died from an asteroid strike last year? and how many people won the jackpot?