LOL spin: Sludge headline versus reality.

[jefferson_dem]

Sludge headline: "Economy Shrinks at 3.8% Pace, Less Than Estimated..."

Actual headline for story he links to: "U.S. GDP Shrank 3.8% Last Quarter, Most Since 1982"

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aN1OnWuR4C4k&refer=worldwide

[benld74]

1. Pure GOP taught spiining of words

What Sludge prints IS true, BUT it IS NOT THE TRUTH. AND as we know there is a difference! And it is this difference that fuels THEM. THEY act like TRUE journalists reporting fact, and SOME people believe wha they read LIKE the LEMMINGS THEY ARE.

[PretzelWarrior]

2. same thing over at FUCKED news channel

it was funny when that hateful blonde chick was asking Stuart somebody or other if by "they could revise it" we could expect to see it won't be even as bad as 3.8%.

He threw water on her little ray of sunshine by saying it is expected by most expert economists to be worse when adjustments are made.

They are pure evil. Anything to keep their dumb masses confused and not angry.

But it will be hard to spin a guy being sent home from his company for good and then the same thing happening to his wife and then the house being foreclosed on.

It is a shitty reality we are facing that the GOP gave us while the grinned and told everyone that everything's gonna be fine cuz wer lookin out for ya.

[zehnkatzen]

3. Why is it sludge like this are wealthy while actual smart people are unemployed...? n/t k/r

[avaistheone1]

4. Because lying and cheating is the most profitable business.

[scheming daemons]

5. When the same thing happens NEXT quarter, wanna bet his headline?

"Economy shrinks 5% during Obama's first quarter!"

[MaxFine]

6. Sludge headline now reads...

"GDP RISES 1.3% FOR YEAR; Shrinks at 3.8% Pace in 4th Qtr..."

Actual article headline..."Q4 GDP down 3.8 percent, biggest drop since 1982", and from the article...

"For 2008, GDP rose 1.3 percent, the slowest pace of growth since 2001, when the economy expanded 0.8 percent."