Row 2981

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[These are the \\"news alert\\" emails I got from The Washington Post this morning. Whether the growth is 2.5 %, or 3.1% - the economy is \\"bustling.\\"](https://preview.redd.it/pm8y6mppblec1.png?width=538&format=png&auto=webp&s=031a66280577f22d9513fcb61f9942156a3a7eb0)

(Yeah, this is a cheap shot, so sue me.) At 8:39 AM, I got a "breaking news" alert via email from *The Washington Post* with the headline "News Alert: The economy grew by a bustling 2.5 percent in 2023..." Then 3 minutes later, I get an identical email, with no mention of the mistake, but with the growth reported as 3.1 percent instead of 2.5. Seems like the facts themselves aren't as important as the message: the economy is "bustling!"

I wonder what the threshhold levels are for "bustling," and how high the number would have to be before the WaPo would consider the economy to be "booming."

Is this just an honest mistake and not actually evidence of some sinister plot by WaPo to paint the economy as doing well regardless of the data? Perhaps. But if my media criticism is only that they were sloppy this morning, so be it. But one can't help but think they want to paint the economy as rosy - and were going to say "bustling" no matter what the data said.

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text ​ [These are the \\"news alert\\" emails I got from The Washington Post this morning. Whether the growth is 2.5 %, or 3.1% - the economy is \\"bustling.\\"](https://preview.redd.it/pm8y6mppblec1.png?width=538&format=png&auto=webp&s=031a66280577f22d9513fcb61f9942156a3a7eb0) (Yeah, this is a cheap shot, so sue me.) At 8:39 AM, I got a "breaking news" alert via email from *The Washington Post* with the headline "News Alert: The economy grew by a bustling 2.5 percent in 2023..." Th…
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