When the Headline Tells the Wrong Story
3 min readFeb 18, 2023
The article, by Wall Street Journal economics reporter Gabriel T. Rubin, was a straightforward five-paragraph account of January price increases in grocery items such as eggs, frozen orange juice, breakfast cereals, and instant coffee. Causes included severe weather, an outbreak of avian flu, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, Rubin reported.
The headline, however, came to its own conclusion.
