More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Wednesday’s NBC Today, correspondent Peter Alexander actually attempted to discredit Marco Rubio’s rhetorical observation that “Welders make more money than philosophers.” Taking the comment literally, Alexander asserted: “That was one of the most memorable lines of the night, but it's also not true. Government statistics show that philosophers, philosophy teachers in this country, make on average almost twice as much as welders.”
Of course Rubio never claimed to be comparing “philosophy teachers,” who usually have Ph.D’s, to welders. Alexander conveniently added that specific job title.