Headline hooey - Manafort mania

[ashling]

The New York Times broke the story about a secret ledger found in the wake of the Yanakovich corruption scandal in Ukraine. :

Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html?_r=1

Daily Kos picked up the story and ran an article by Mark Sumner ,

Trump's campaign manager took $12.7M in secret payments from pro-Russian forces in Ukraine
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/15/1560291/-Trump-s-campaign-manager-took-12-7M-in-secret-payments-from-pro-Russian-forces-in-Ukraine?_=2016-08-15T06%3A34%3A34.333-07%3A00%3Fdetail%3Dfacebook


Now, for the record, I think Donald Trump and anyone associated with his campaign are beneath contempt. My concern here is with the way headlines often skew, spin, or misrepresent the facts.
Words have definitions as well as connotations, and those things matter, dammit!

Talking about the specific Manafort entries in the secret ledger, the Times specifically says:

Anti-corruption officials there say the payments earmarked for Mr. Manafort, previously unreported, are a focus of their investigation, though they have yet to determine if he actually received the cash.

No evidence that he recieved, i.e., "took" the cash

[Thinkingabout]

1. Hum, maybe the IRS needs to look at his tax returns closer. Wonder if there are

Payments like this to Donald Trump also. Release the damn tax returns.