Trendlines

Yesterday, StrategyPage noted the contrast between headlines and trendlines:

What you see in the Iraq news, is not what you get. The news business demands startling headlines, to attract eyeballs. It's business, as the eyeballs are rented to advertisers to pay for it all. But the reality of the news is less startling, and consists of trends. These are the current trends in Iraq.

Read it and note that you didn’t see any of it in your local paper.