The reader bears full responsibility.
However "The Media" (cue ominous music) has a standard vocabulary of assumption-producing statements, which they have "trained" the public to interpret in a certain way. It plays better on TV, where "tone" and facial expression can inform you "how" to hear a sentence.
From
The Simpsons:
Quote:
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Remember Marge, there's "the truth" [shakes head while frowning] and then there's "the truth!" [smiles enthusiastically while nodding].
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Careful readers like glatt are savvy enough to recognize these pitfalls, but, I assure you, they don't end up in new stories on accident.