From an article in the Open Left Blog, by my friend, David Sirota:
“Political headlines of late have all been some version of Dow Jones Newswire’s recent scream: ‘CBO Puts Health Care Bill Cost at $1 Trillion.’ That’s as true as an Enron press release touting only one side of the company’s ledger. Though the bill’s expenditure do total $1 trillion, the CBO confirms its other provisons recover more than that, meaning headlines should read, ‘CBO Says Health Bill Saves $110 Billion’.”
To really get your blood boilding, read David’s detailed examples of media malfeasance here.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:08 am
My blood has exceeded the boiling point. I read the David Sirota article and wish everyone in the U. S. was forced to read it. People are so gullible and critical thinking is a lost art.
Thanks for posting it and I may borrow part of it for a future post, if I may.
November 28th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Thanks, Darlene. I’d love to have you as a subscriber if you’d think it would be informative to you. All best, Les