The Yahoo reporter who got his facts wrong yesterday and was subsequently scolded by Trump has now apologized:
In the Oval Office, I asked about test rates and infection rates compared to South Korea. President Trump and Dr. Birx said I was wrong that they've done more tests per capita. Trump said I should apologize. They did not address multiple questions about our higher infection rate.
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 28, 2020
We have passed South Korea in the number of tests conducted per capita. I misread the mobile version of this chart and am sorry about that @realDonaldTrump . Our infection rate is far higher though as I noted.
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 28, 2020
Yesterday I wrote that he was incredulous to the end. I’m glad that once he left the White House he was able to figure out his error.
That said, I wouldn’t give him any awards for his apology.
Below is the data source that he misread:
Here is the latest data on testing that I was looking at. We passed South Korea, oer capita, some time this month. https://t.co/yRl4PB8EVz
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 28, 2020