Thursday’s front-page headline, “Barr says agencies spied on the Trump campaign,” was (unintentionally, I hope) seriously misleading. A reader might well assume it announced news uncovering an inappropriate federal investigation.
But the only real news was the attorney general calling this “spying,” because all this investigating has been long known. Aside from this misleading wording and its partisan source, one also notes that the investigation has demonstrably been justified, having produced many indictments, lies and coverups, confessions and convictions.
The word choice in The Star’s headline simply reinforces President Donald Trump’s playbook, furthering his campaign of nonstop misinformation.
Don Hedrick
Manhattan, Kansas
