How the media lies by telling the truth

[chuter]

Headline: "Raising Taxes On Rich Won't Hurt Economic Growth, CBO Says"
But if you read the story, the truth is that the economy will grow MORE if they DO extend the tax cuts for the rich.
But headline skimmers will never know.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/taxes-on-the-rich_n_2094592.html

A healine that seems more honest to me: "CBO says tax hike for wealthy will hurt growth"
http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/11/cbo-says-tax-hike-for-wealthy-will-hurt-growth/

 

[OKNewshawk]

Your first mistake is assuming that the Huffing and Puffing Post is a legit news source.

 

[cmhbob]

Is Reuters a legit news source? Because the HuffPo link was to a Reuter's story. Both links actually refer to the same story.

And from what I know based on talking to a couple of reporters on a regular basis, the person who writes the story rarely writes the headline. That's typically done by an editor.

 

[chuter]

Your first mistake is assuming that the Huffing and Puffing Post is a legit news source.

I already had a less than glowing opinion of the huffington post; this fits right in.

Of course both sides do the same thing.

Sometimes I'll open Foxnews.com and MSNBC.com in two different windows and it's like I'm looking at the "news" for 2 different planets.

 

[ByrdC130]

So will this new tax on the uber rich raise anywhere near 17 trillion dollars? Nah, didn't think so.

 

[OKNewshawk]

Is Reuters a legit news source? Because the HuffPo link was to a Reuter's story. Both links actually refer to the same story.

And from what I know based on talking to a couple of reporters on a regular basis, the person who writes the story rarely writes the headline. That's typically done by an editor.

Reuters provides the wire copy, then the HuffPo can edit it and headline it however they wish. While I would expect journalistic integrity from Reuters, I don't expect it from the HuffPo. BTW, I used to be a news photographer for a NJ cable news station...

 

[cmhbob]

Helps if I pay attention to usernames, eh?

 

[MLRyan]

How does one lie by telling the truth?

 

[RickN]

How does one lie by telling the truth?

They do it by not telling all of the story or editing it to highlight the parts they want people to focus on.

 

[Lurker66]

How does one lie by telling the truth?

Relativism.