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Journalists hide real numbers when reporting budget spin

By Scott Rasmussen
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Journalists hide real numbers when reporting budget spin

The standard media coverage of President Obama’s new budget claimed the proposals will cut $600 billion in spending over the next decade.

It was just about impossible, though, to find any media story mentioning some basic numbers that belong in any story about a new federal budget. How much money is the federal government spending this year? How does that compare to what it spent last year, or expects to spend next year?

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