Venerable Washington Post's Weak-kneed Mea Culpa On False Banner Headline Regarding CBO/Obamacare

[Fred Sanders]

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 media’s 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]

1. blasts from the recent past ...

[Fred Sanders]

2. What gets me is they NEVER apologize for their mistakes while always demanding apologies from

others, Piers Morgan the most recent example.

[napkinz]

3. Wolf Blitzer is the worst

[okaawhatever]

4. We won't be able to take back the country until we take back the media. None of the headllines are

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]

7. That is the #1 Enemy, the media.

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]

5. The New York Times should be added to that list

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!&quot .

[KG]

6. James Carville is a joke.

[Whisp]

8. he's a sputtering moron, can't stand his stupid guts. n/t

[Fred Sanders]

9. James Carville's Fox News Suck Up Pays Off: He's Hired As A Contributor

http://www.newshounds.us/james_carville_s_fox_news_suck_up_pays_off_he_s_hired_as_a_contributor_02062014