Tuesday, March 28, 2017

“Amid ‘Trump Effect’ fear, 40% of colleges see dip in foreign applicants” — but …


 Yet another example of media DISTORTING the news

"A New York Times headline from March 16 reads, “Amid ‘Trump Effect’ fear, 40% of colleges see dip in foreign applicants.” And the story’s opening paragraphs echo this; the first three mention a specific incident aimed to illustrate this,...... snip

Only in the third sentence of the 10th paragraph does the story note that, “many schools, including New York University, the University of Southern California and Northeastern University, reported that their international numbers are up.” How many? The article doesn’t say."
[Washington Post]

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