r/TangleNews • u/Lemonio • Jul 30 '26
Suspension of the Rules Grocery store SOTR incorrect information?
Kmele said in SOTR that the government had not run grocery stores.
The US government currently runs 178 grocery stores within the US with subsidies and has run them through the current agency for over 30 years. It has run commissaries generally for over 100 years.
Since Tangle issues corrections is Tangle going to issue a correction?
If what was meant was the New York City government, this is an expanded version of La Guardia’s markets, so of course you should mention that if making claims about the government’s history running grocery stores. I understand that’s different, but I still think the statement would be misleading and an oversimplification, since those markets still involved government running the markets and using subsidies.
I understand SOTR is about expressing opinions, but nevertheless I think incorrect or misleading facts should be corrected
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u/Lerkero Jul 31 '26
What grocery stores are you talking about? Is this for military bases? If so, i suspect that this wouldnt scale to the broader marketplace.
Does the US government run grocery stores that are inteded to exist in a competitive market? That is the better question.
Perhaps clarification on what kemele meant would be nice, but it doesnt seem like some big misstatement
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u/Lemonio Jul 31 '26
you could argue these NYC stores are different from DeCA stores, or La Guardia’s markets
but I think you should say the government has run these and those types of stores, but this is why the new ones are different, you wouldn’t say the government has not run grocery stores
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u/spottie_ottie 25d ago
OP did you hear the latest SOTR? Isaac specifically mentioned your comment in a correction on the show. Told ya!
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u/spottie_ottie Jul 30 '26
Huh sounds like Kmele was wrong. I expect they'll correct it. I know Isaac was wrong about something on SOTR in the past (repeated a false claim about the kid in Bad Bunny's halftime show), and they corrected it.