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fredericks) wrote2005-03-28 11:32 am
fredericks) wrote2005-03-28 11:32 am
Things that make you go "hmm"
If the first true paragraph of the story is this (note the part in italics):
Why is the headline this:
Which, on its own, isn't too bad. But, then again, the link TO the story is this:
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Here I was thinking, hmm, this is unusual; out of all the minority women in this country do whites really earn less on average? Then I read the first paragraph and wanted to throw something at the collective CNN.com staff. I suppose white women with bachelors have a lower rate of employment than minorities too, huh? Sure.
The rest of the story seems to be a backtrack from that ridiculous headline.
A white woman with a bachelor's degree typically earned nearly $37,800 in 2003, compared with nearly $43,700 for a college-educated Asian woman and $41,100 for a college-educated black woman, according to data being released Monday by the Census Bureau. Hispanic women took home slightly less at $37,600 a year.
Why is the headline this:
Census: College-educated white women earn less than blacks, Asians
Which, on its own, isn't too bad. But, then again, the link TO the story is this:
Census: White Women Earn Less
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Here I was thinking, hmm, this is unusual; out of all the minority women in this country do whites really earn less on average? Then I read the first paragraph and wanted to throw something at the collective CNN.com staff. I suppose white women with bachelors have a lower rate of employment than minorities too, huh? Sure.
The rest of the story seems to be a backtrack from that ridiculous headline.