Newmark's Door: You think Economists Can't Agree? How about Journalists?

Blogger points out the discrepancies in interpretations by copy editors at Wapo and WSJ:

From the Washington Post, August 9, 2007, page D01, headlined "High School Seniors Test Well in Economics"

vs.

From the Wall Street Journal, August 9, 2007, page D2, headllined "High Schoolers Aren't Good at Economics" (may require subscription):Publish Post