Print headline: “Bush to Propose Vast Cost Savings in Medicare Plan.”
From the fourth paragraph of the article:
Administration officials, Congressional aides and lobbyists said the president was contemplating a package of proposals that would cut the projected growth in Medicare spending by $30 billion to $35 billion in the next five years. That represents less than 1.5 percent of total Medicare spending in those years.
Questions: Do Times editors read the articles before writing headlines? And can we enroll them in Brad DeLong’s economics journalism class? Luckily, someone must have noticed the contradiction because the online headline now reads “Bush to Propose Curbing Growth in Medicare Cost.”