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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVenerable Washington Post's Weak-kneed Mea Culpa On False Banner Headline Regarding CBO/Obamacare
At the bottom, of course, of the story:
"Full disclosure: The Post earlier posted a headline saying that the CBO had concluded that the law will result in 2 million fewer jobs. Now it reads as follows: CBO: Health-care law will mean 2 million fewer workers. A correction explains the change."
The medias massive revisions on CBO-Obamacare story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/02/04/the-medias-massive-revisions-on-cbo-obamacare-story/?hpid=z5
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Oh, well, we can all rejoice in James Carville joining himself to Fox News to bring fairness and balance to that TV station.
P.S. And, no, the correction does NOT explain the change. The explanation explains they made a change because they screwed up, it does not explain how they screwed up.
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List Of Changed Headlines, And Not, By The American Mass Media:
Wall Street Journal earlier: Health-Care Law Expected to Take Greater Toll on Workforce
Wall Street Journal now: Health Law Seen Leading to Some Loss of Labor
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Washington Times earlier: Obamacare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO
Washington Times now: Obamacare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO
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UPI earlier: CBO: Obamacare to cost 2.3 million jobs over 10 years
UPI now: WH disputes media claims on CBO Obamacare study
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Politico earlier: CBO: Lower enrollment, bigger job losses with Obamacare
Politico now: Report reignites debate over Obamacare and jobs
The Hill earlier: CBO: O-Care slowing growth, contributing to job losses
The Hill now: CBO: O-Care will cost 2.5M workers
National Review earlier: The CBO Just Nuked Obamacare
National Review now: The CBO Just Nuked Obamacare
Wall Street Journal Market Watch earlier: CBO says Obamacare will add to deficit, create reluctant work force
Wall Street Journal Market Watch now: Obamacare plans to top $1 trillion, create reluctant workers: CBO
Talk Radio News Service earlier: Obamacare Will Cost 2.5 Million Jobs: Report
Talk Radio News Service now: 2.5 Million Will Exit Work Force Because Of Obamacare
Forbes earlier: Congressional Budget Office: Obamacare A Tax On Workers
Forbes now: CBO: Obamacare Is A Tax On Work, May Cut Full-Time Workforce By 2.5 Million
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)others, Piers Morgan the most recent example.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)mistakes. They're calculated attempts to craft a message that Obamacare is something bad, when it's not. They don't want the American public to know the truth. End of story.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)If somehow that can changed to a more honest and open dialogue, then all else will and can fall into place.
It's like a really bad sci fi film now, how things are manipulated and falsified to the masses.
Chathamization
(1,638 posts)First:
Health Law to Cost Millions of Jobs, Federal Study Projects
Then:
"Health Care Law May Result in 2 Million Fewer Full-Time Workers"
Then:
"Health Care Law Projected to Cut the Labor Force"
I also like the way this post article still says that it encourages people not to work. I mean, I suppose that's true in a way, in the same way that saving for retirement encourages people not to work. But it's telling that the media is spinning it that way ("Fewer people will be so destitute that they'll have to work into their 70's! What a disaster!" .