Here’s a good example of a journalist and editors who need to work on their critical thinking skills–”Red Sox Nation New King of the Road.” The article argues that the Red Sox draw more people to road games than the Yankees do–an average of 896 more people. And because they draw more people to road games, they are the new America’s team. But the logic has a bit of a problem–Yankee Stadium holds 55,000, but Fenway only holds 36,000. The USA Today’s reasoning, therefore, punishes the Yankees for playing home games against the Red Sox at the much-smaller Fenway. When you throw out the Yankees-Red Sox games, the Yankees draw more people to away games. Nice work USA Today, you failed the critical thinking skills question today.

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