Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
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Yes, it was just a throw away line. But serious newspapers do not say in front page story that:
“Over the long term, the deal could help free the nation from what is fast becoming a crushing debt.”
Lines about a “crushing debt” should appear in quotations or left to the opinion pages. They should not be assertions of fact to readers.