Holy @&%#! Turns out 52% want to repeal Obamacare (some while simultaneously replacing, others not). But regardless, more than half of those polled agreed on... something, a single thing. How is that not the lede? How does the writer, Jennifer Agiesta, who is also CNN's polling director, justify choosing to write about 35% of the survey while downplaying 52% of the poll?
And that headline: "As repeal and replace falters, more say GOP should abandon repeal plan." "More" say Republicans should abandon? Well, "more" meaning the majority? Wrong. In this case, the number has just gone up, becoming that weird phrase, a "growing share."
The headline is a masterpiece in that fake news way CNN excels in. It's technically accurate, but highly misleading. And the story, too. There were a slew of other findings that numerically eclipsed what CNN chose as its lede. For instance nearly 8 in 10 (77%) "say they'd like Republicans in Congress to try to work with Democrats to pass a health care bill." That could have been the standalone lede, not a secondary one.
Here's Why CNN Is The All-Time Reigning Champion Of Fake News
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And that headline: "As repeal and replace falters, more say GOP should abandon repeal plan." "More" say Republicans should abandon? Well, "more" meaning the majority? Wrong. In this case, the number has just gone up, becoming that weird phrase, a "growing share."
The headline is a masterpiece in that fake news way CNN excels in. It's technically accurate, but highly misleading. And the story, too. There were a slew of other findings that numerically eclipsed what CNN chose as its lede. For instance nearly 8 in 10 (77%) "say they'd like Republicans in Congress to try to work with Democrats to pass a health care bill." That could have been the standalone lede, not a secondary one.
Here's Why CNN Is The All-Time Reigning Champion Of Fake News
sounds like Sappy .... but more people want