Monday, December 09, 2019

How the Boston Globe creates Fake News - Public Editor - MA

How the Boston Globe creates Fake News - Public Editor - MA
"How is “fake news” created by the media and published by the Boston Globe? 
Today’s example shows us how.
Bank of America does a quarterly survey on small business trends. 
Last May, the media covered the results and Yahoo News reported them this way: 59% of small business owners say tariffs won’t affect them.”...
...But unlike May’s news, this is reported as a negative story about Donald Trump.
The headline is “Survey finds small businesses hurt by Trump tariffs.” 
Wow, what a turnaround. 
If the survey found such results, the numbers must have taken an incredible dive. 
What percentage of these small businesses were “hurt” by the “Trump” tariffs? 
Get ready, because the answer is stunning. 
The percent hurt by the tariffs is ..18 or 19%..."
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