The NYT decided to scare its readers about the budget deficit with a headline warning "Federal debt projected to grow by nearly $10 trillion over next decade." While the article does put this figure in some context, expressing it as a share of GDP, readers who only look at the headline will undoubtedly be scared by this huge number.
Given the pass commitments of the paper to express large numbers in context, a headline telling readers that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projections sho...
Published on January 24, 2017 11:03