A Fox News anchor is getting dunked on and dunked on hard after claiming on air a gallon of milk in New York city costs "nearly $11."
For the record it is not $11. It is not anywhere near $11.
Sandra Smith was careful to stipulate that prices are higher in general in New York City. But even factoring in that and America's current problem with seemingly runaway inflation, $11 for a gallon of milk is an absurd notion.
And as it turns out it's also a claim easily refuted by, you know, simply JFGI.
See the clip that started it all below.
Complaining about inflation, Fox anchor Sandra Smith says it's nearly $11 for a gallon of milk in New York -- there's no way this is true, right? \n\nNew Yorkers, help me out here.pic.twitter.com/Cs2i17KVrd— Lis Power (@Lis Power) 1650635770
As a chyron onscreen blared the moniker "Inflation Nation," Smith claimed:
"I bought a gallon of milk last night — granted, we live in New York, things are higher priced than a lot of areas in the country — it's nearly $11 for a gallon of milk at a New York grocery store."
If that sounds absurd to you, it's because it is--mostly anyway.
For national-brand organic milk at stores like Whole Foods and New York City's local Gristedes chain, you will pay nearly $11 per gallon. But those are brands and store chains that are known for high prices.
According to USDA statistics, the average price for a gallon of milk in New York City is closer to $5 per gallon, hovering around $4.69 at the end of last month.
But in the case of both Whole Foods and Gristedes, a gallon of both chains' in-house organic brands go for twenty cents less than that, at $4.49.
So can you pay $11 for a gallon of milk in NYC? Sure, if you if you want to for some reason--say, so that you can squawk about it on a national right-wing propaganda network the business model of which is undermining the Democratic President by stoking fear and animus in its viewership, for instance.
But must you pay $11 for a gallon of milk in NYC? Not by a long shot, context which Smith of course neglected to include in her "reporting."
Naturally, scores of New Yorkers took to Twitter to refute Smith's ludicrous and easily disproven claim, and roasted her to a crisp in the process.
while milk is clearly not $11 no one correct her, whoever is ripping her off deserves to keep ithttps://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026— maura quint (@maura quint) 1650636086
https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/TGQ8FliOW2— Mike Racioppo (@Mike Racioppo) 1650641991
Tell me you've never bought your own groceries without telling me you've never bought your own grocerieshttps://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026— Emily C. Singer (@Emily C. Singer) 1650636937
Sandra, the most expensive grocery store in NYC is Gristedes and a gallon of milk is $4.99.https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026— TalkThirtyToMe\u2122 (@TalkThirtyToMe\u2122) 1650641506
if you combine the fox news anchor saying milk costs $11 a gallon and the cnn story about the family drinking 12 gallons a week you've got a microcosm of why cable news is not good.— Oliver Willis (@Oliver Willis) 1650641159
It\u2019s one milk, Michael. What could it cost? Eleven dollars?https://twitter.com/lispower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026— dstokes936 (@dstokes936) 1650641294
Whole Milk $4.99/gal at Westside Market 110th St. https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/nRPRhtAGwt— Bad Fox Graphics (@Bad Fox Graphics) 1650636247
Check out Lucille Bluth over here.https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026— Parker Molloy (@Parker Molloy) 1650636725
Stares in dairy farmer.https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026— Blue Heron Farm (@Blue Heron Farm) 1650637060
Took me two seconds on Instacart to see that a gallon of milk at the Brooklyn Wegmans is $4.59. Some real "It's one banana, Michael" energy here.https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1517502526450552836\u00a0\u2026— Alyssa Franke (@Alyssa Franke) 1650637325
Stay tuned next month when Smith claims a dozen eggs cost $6,375 in gold doubloons because of something to do with Joe Biden's son's laptop, or whatever.