• Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    His argument or yours? I want to focus on yours since I’m talking to you :) - I mean, I don’t see him claiming anything about headlines which is what you and I are talking about now

    So, to reiterate the argument you’re making here, you’re saying that you believe that when he said he will reduce grocery prices, what he actually meant was that he would reduce energy costs which would then reduce the cost of groceries. The headline suggests he is backtracking but you believe he always intended to use energy prices as the main driver to reduce groceries and that’s why the headline is false. Is that right?

    • the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      I doubt it will be as easy or effortless to lower just about any prices as he tries to make it sound. I hope he manages it, I think most people do. But that isn’t my point. I take issue with the way they present the story. With the headline and subtitle, they make it sound like he’s given up on lowering prices, which isn’t true. Most people only read the headlines of articles - the entire thrust of their argument is in the first four paragraphs, and the rest doesn’t have that much to do with it. It wouldn’t have been as egregious if the headline simply read “Trump admits it will be ‘very hard’ to lower prices.”