John Oliver on his Sunday show highlighted the Miss America Pageant. The pageant makes a big deal out of its available $45 million for scholarships. Turns out that less than $500,000 was actually given in 2012. To arrive at the higher number, pageant officials take every available scholarship in every state and multiply by every contestant…. creative accounting.
ohrn over 9 years ago
TOO True!
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Hmmmm, and politics HAS become a “beauty contest”, where truth, and facts, don’t seem to matter.
feverjr Premium Member over 9 years ago
John Oliver on his Sunday show highlighted the Miss America Pageant. The pageant makes a big deal out of its available $45 million for scholarships. Turns out that less than $500,000 was actually given in 2012. To arrive at the higher number, pageant officials take every available scholarship in every state and multiply by every contestant…. creative accounting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDPCmmZifE8