A Third Percent?

Was a half, now a third percent. I think they meant it went from half to a third. Happily, lots of other people called Newsweek out on this, too.

In the 1980s, alcohol was involved in more than half of Thanksgiving traffic fatalities. Now its a third percent https://t.co/SEfsEu3Amp

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 26, 2015

They've deleted the tweet and updated it:

In the 1980s, alcohol was involved in more than half of Thanksgiving traffic fatalities. Now it's down to one third https://t.co/SEfsEulbKZ

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 26, 2015