The Morning News' “shocking revelation” about something we’ve known all along

At the top of the front page of today’s Dallas Morning News is the headline "Health law will shrink deficit, budget office says." Like that’s news.

In a stunning example of hyperbole, the first paragraph of the story goes like this:

"President Barach Obama’s health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation’s huge federal deficit over the next decade, Congress’ nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting Obama’s contention in a major election-year dispute with Republicans"

Wake up, News! The Congressional Budget Office has been saying the President’s health care plan would reduce the deficit from the moment the White House proposed it. In fact, if you read past the jump on the News’ story, all the way down to the 10^th paragraph, you will find these words:

"The Congressional Budget Office has consistently projected that Obama’s overhaul will reduce the deficit …"

Duh! Then what’s the news value in this story? Maybe it’s just the Morning News that has realized for the first time what the CBO has been saying all along. Now, that’s a scary thought for those who depend on the paper as their primary news source.