AP's Crutsinger Omits Key Facts in Report on May Deficit, Engages in U

Tom Blumer
June 12th, 2012 11:38 PM
To illustrate how factually negligent this afternoon's report by Martin Crutsinger at the Associated Press on the federal government's financial results embodied in its Monthly Treasury Statement was, let's take a look at how Pedro Nicolaci da Costa at Reuters communicated more in a four-sentence brief than the AP reporter did in 18 painful paragraphs. Here is da Costa's item, in full: