Andrea Mitchell's lack of knowledge regarding simple statistics is appalling. On top of that, she has virtually no critical thinking skills, which is deadly because the decision you make - or report - is only as good as the information you have and your ability to analyze that information. From her comments and questions of those i the Trump Administration, she's more interested in "gotcha" questions regarding Pres Trump and his coronavirus advisers than interpreting the data behind mortality rates as a function of location and demographics. The situation is similar to the incompetence demonstrated by MSNBC's Steve Kornacke, when it came to statistics supporting the outcome of the 2016 general election. Kornacke was flat out wrong in nearly all of his prediction based on his "knowledge" of statistics. He was more interested in trying to convince the voters the Democrats would win in a landslide, rather than objectively evaluating the polls and their biases., the worst of which was repeatedly shown by Public Policy Polling - owned and operated by Democrats. In the end, NBC News did absolutely nothing to resolve the problem of ignorance on the part of their staff. MSNBC seems to excel in "outcome based" polling and predictions. That is, they act on the premise that wanting it to be true is the same as it actually being true, regardless of the evidence.
