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antfair
01/16/20 11:17:45 AM
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Lmao. This comes from Breitbart, which is why I'm not linking to the article.

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KLouD_KoNNeCteD
01/16/20 11:23:52 AM
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antfair posted...
This comes from Breitbart
I'm not surprised at all lol
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Notti
01/16/20 11:25:06 AM
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antfair posted...


Lmao. This comes from Breitbart, which is why I'm not linking to the article.


Breitbart, some of the fakest news that ever fakes.
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Questionmarktarius
01/16/20 11:26:34 AM
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This is what happens when scoops and click-baiting become more important than proofreading.
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kirbymuncher
01/16/20 11:33:10 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
become more important than proofreading.
this implies the graph looking like this is not intentional, which I'm inclined to disagree with

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Questionmarktarius
01/16/20 11:34:13 AM
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kirbymuncher posted...
this implies the graph looking like this is not intentional, which I'm inclined to disagree with
Apart from the grossly misleading cropping, take a look at the heading again.
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Smashingpmkns
01/16/20 11:37:06 AM
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It's like a 5th grader made it
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MachineJaipur
01/16/20 11:38:50 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Apart from the grossly misleading cropping, take a look at the heading again.
I assumed it was what they paid the females under them

Then I saw its only a $5K difference.
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Questionmarktarius
01/16/20 11:41:53 AM
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MachineJaipur posted...
I assumed it was what they paid the females under them
Is that what it is?
Huh.
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MachineJaipur
01/16/20 11:46:34 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Is that what it is?
Huh.
No idea honestly. P sure Senators make a higher base salary than that though.
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Serious Cat
01/16/20 11:53:38 AM
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MachineJaipur posted...
No idea honestly. P sure Senators make a higher base salary than that though.
It's average staff pay. Kind of a useless metric considering it takes into account all staffers at every level.

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1337toothbrush
01/16/20 12:10:43 PM
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MachineJaipur posted...

I assumed it was what they paid the females under them

Then I saw its only a $5K difference.

$5k is a significant difference, especially at that level.
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Questionmarktarius
01/16/20 12:13:00 PM
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1337toothbrush posted...
$5k is a significant difference, especially at that level.
The graph implies it's about three times as much, when it's actually 7% more.
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Kazi1212
01/16/20 12:15:07 PM
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Whats misleading about it?

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Questionmarktarius
01/16/20 12:15:35 PM
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Kazi1212 posted...
Whats misleading about it?

Questionmarktarius posted...
The graph implies it's about three times as much, when it's actually 7% more.

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UnfairRepresent
01/16/20 12:17:14 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Kazi1212 posted...
Whats misleading about it?

Questionmarktarius posted...
The graph implies it's about three times as much, when it's actually 7% more.

psst

hes trolling
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MC_BatCommander
01/16/20 12:22:45 PM
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That's just amazing, I'm assuming they do this because people just glance at it and don't read the axis

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Notti
01/18/20 4:29:36 AM
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Serious Cat posted...

It's average staff pay. Kind of a useless metric considering it takes into account all staffers at every level.


kirbymuncher posted...

this implies the graph looking like this is not intentional, which I'm inclined to disagree with


You'd be correct.
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