CBC’s headline (“Canadian economy grew 0.2% in February”) is factual - though I’d prefer if they just said GDP instead of “economy”
“Canada’s economy is losing momentum” is an unqualified statement so it can’t be factual - it doesn’t mention the measurement, aggregation bucket or the comparison baseline. It’s falsifiable but still quite subjective, because if you measure at a quarter-level analysts called it “decent”. Their opening paragraph is more objective than the headline:
The Canadian economy lost momentum in February as it grew at a slower pace than both analyst expectations and Statistics Canada’s previous prediction
And if you yank out the unnecessary subjective addition:
The Canadian economy grew in February at a slower pace than both analyst expectations and Statistics Canada’s previous prediction
You can see how that would have made a more factual but less dramatic headline
Canada’s economy grew in February less than predictions
Remember it’s the Financial Post. Gotta take things they say with a heaping pile of salt.
True, but at least the headline is completely factual and it’s statistics. The numbers comes from Statistics Canada, which is impartial.
Here’s a CBC article reporting the same: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadan-gdp-february-1.7189053
CBC’s headline (“Canadian economy grew 0.2% in February”) is factual - though I’d prefer if they just said GDP instead of “economy”
“Canada’s economy is losing momentum” is an unqualified statement so it can’t be factual - it doesn’t mention the measurement, aggregation bucket or the comparison baseline. It’s falsifiable but still quite subjective, because if you measure at a quarter-level analysts called it “decent”. Their opening paragraph is more objective than the headline:
And if you yank out the unnecessary subjective addition:
You can see how that would have made a more factual but less dramatic headline