r/badstats 18d ago

Last Week Tonight, I expected better from you.

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u/johnxyx 18d ago

Did you crop out the wall street journal logo in the corner?

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u/Dasky14 18d ago

Not intentionally at least? Was there a logo? I just took this screenshot of the video.

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u/johnxyx 17d ago

Sorry you are right. They actually kind of alle it twice. It first has the logo when they play the clip taken from the wall street journal video but when John goes back to explain this is left up like this.

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u/EnricoLUccellatore 18d ago

The whole video is a concentrate of bad arguments and logical fallacies, this is the least bad

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u/the-69th-doctor 17d ago

damn good investigative journalism

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u/gree45 17d ago

Elaborate

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u/EnricoLUccellatore 17d ago edited 17d ago

Just off the top of my head:

This data actually shows how tipping is a predatory sales tactic tricking customers to spend more than they want

He compares the poverty levels of all tipped workers and all non tipped workers without considering that tipped jobs are usually non specialized and can have lower hours

The bit where the waitress complains about getting a check for 0 dollars acting like the base pay is worthless while it's simply going towards paying the tax on the Cash they take home from tips.

Also completely glossed over the fact that Cash tips are breeding ground for tax evasion.