Do Social Security Costs Have to Be "Soaring" in Washington Post News Stories?

That's the question millions are asking. In an article on the supercommittee this morning we find a sentence like:

"Republicans indicated a willingness to do so [raise more revenue], aides said, but only in exchange for additional reductions to soaring Social Security and Medicare costs (emphasis added)."

A real newspaper would have just said that the Republicans were demanding "additional reductions in Social Security and Medicare costs." That would provide the same information as the...