TREASON !!!1!!11!1!!!1!1!!1

Somebody at the Fair 'n' Balanced Network is in line for those free tickets on the unheated cattle train to Siberia! Here's the morning's lead story:

In addition to such naked heresy, note this addition in the reporter's own voice:
 
The Trump administration, in its first three years, ramped up military spending and cut taxes, two priorities for the president that worked in conjunction to increase the deficit even as it made cuts elsewhere in the budget. The attitude toward the deficit under his administration is out of character for a Republican president, especially after Republicans of the early 2010s raised hell over increases in government spending during the Obama administration.


Shall we see how long this one survives in the top position?

Cause and effect

How can you tell whether the president's remarks from the previous day were behind today's stock market's performance? At the Fair 'n' Balanced Network, it looks pretty easy. Market happy (Tuesday), it's "Trump's coronavirus proposals"; market sad(Thursday), it's those global fears gripping Wall Street.

If you read past the headlines (frankly, when we write 'em so well, why should you?), you might get a slightly different view:

U.S. equity markets cratered Thursday after President Trump suspended travel from Europe for 30 days in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

One could go on all day about Fox and framing and infectious diseases, but then we'd be writing a paper.