Japanese news is all awash this morning in every news agency with the bulletins that "President Obama announced that the debt ceiling agreement has been reached." They appear to be following CNN's international news lead and are leaving out critical facts. For example, this erroneous "flash alert" is typical and is seen also in Asahi, Sankei, Yomiuri, Nikkei, NHK and others: "米債務å•é¡Œï¼šä¸Šé™å¼•ã上ã’ã§ä¸Žé‡Žå…šåˆæ„ 　ã€åŒ—ç±³ç·å±€ã€‘オãƒãƒžç±³å¤§çµ±é ˜ã¯ï¼—月３１日ã€ãƒ›ãƒ¯ã‚¤ãƒˆãƒã‚¦ã‚¹ã§ä¼šè¦‹ã—ã€ç±³å‚µå‹™ä¸Šé™å¼•ã上ã’ã§ä¸Žé‡Žå…šãŒåˆæ„ã«é”ã—ãŸã¨ç™ºè¡¨ã—ãŸã€‚"
