Of course they are, just like the stories of Somalis hurt by the Minnesota bridge collapse are meant to elicit a certain response.
The desired response is the usual: Bush is killing the economy and the little guys are getting hurt. Therefore, we should all get behind Shumer’s bailout plan and save the US from a disastrous “meltdown”.
Remember, this is CNN’s magazine, and they have an agenda.
It may be CNN’s magazine, but facts are facts.
Check out what the market has been doing lately. If you think it is all attributable to left-wing articles, you are sorely mistaken.
This isn’t political. This is dangerous, dangerous economic stuff.