Tuesday, Feb 12, 2008
How to frame bad news.....
FT.com: UK inflation growth weaker than expected
Classic use of a framing device, make out that the measure was not as bad as expected.....
''Consumer price inflation rose less than expected in January, but edged farther above the Bank of England’s 2
per cent target as higher food and petrol prices took effect, official data showed on Tuesday. ''
Posted by hpwatcher @ 01:17 PM (255 views) Add Comment
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1. Alan King said...
you are correct - newspapers use this subtle trick without many people realising it.
they hide poor figures by saying that the poor figures were not as bad as they thought they would be.
very cunning.
i wish journalists would just give the truth and the facts !!
2. inbreda said...
I almost didn't not fantastically believe this truly amazing death knell myself