I love the American media in all their misinformed-I-write-the-headlines-but-don’t-read-the-story selves.

You’re reading that right. The headline says gas is up 38% from July. The sub-headline right beneath it says gas is down 6.3% from July.
ohhhh you meant up 38% from LAST July. well….that’s different.
man.
math is hard.