June 27, 2010
The NYT used the term “free trade” three times in a short article on President Obama’s plans to push Congress to approve the trade agreement this year. The agreement is not a free trade deal in that it leaves many barriers to trade in place and actually increases some barriers by requiring South Korea to increase the stringency of patent and copyright protection, notably for prescription drugs. It is not clear what information the NYT considers to be added by the inclusion of the word “free” in this article. Excluding it would both save space and increase accuracy.
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