Why Ari Fleischer Can't Count Properly (When Tweeting About President Obama)

Ari Fleischer's tweet sparks laughter over his math deficiency and numeracy error, showing how politics makes you innumerate.

Written byKeith Kloor
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Lots of people are amused by this tweet from former Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer:

Question to @gov: how come @BarackObama 's last tweet was more than 140 characters? Does he play by different rules??? — Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) September 24, 2013

Many are chortling that Fleischer has a math deficiency. Actually, I think the recent findings by Dan Kahan and colleagues (discussed here by Chris Mooney and here by David Ropeik) better speak to his numeracy error.

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