Today's AP article on the Republican tax plan must have been insufficiently pro-Trump
And so the Wheeling News-Register rewrote it
Here are the first two paragraphs of the Associated Press' story on the Republican tax package with the wording that was changed or dropped by the News-Register in bold:
Closing in on
the firstmajor legislative achievement of his term, President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the Republican tax cut as a good deal for the middle class while boldly suggesting it could lead to explosive economic growth.
The legislation, which the GOP aims to muscle through Congress next week, would lower taxeson the richest Americans.Benefits for most other taxpayers would be smaller, but Trump attempted to sell the bill as a "Christmas present" for middle-class Americans in part because it would trigger job growth.
If you google the first sentence and place quotation marks around it, you will get thousands of hits.
And here are the first two paragraphs of the Wheeling News-Register's version of the story:
Closing in on a major legislative achievement, President Donald Trump on Saturday touted the Republican tax cut as a good deal for the middle class while suggesting it could lead to explosive economic growth.
The legislation, which the GOP aims to successfully pass through Congress next week, will lower taxes, and Trump is selling the bill as a "Christmas present" for middle-class Americans in part because it would trigger job growth.
If you google the first sentence and place quotation marks around it, you will get zero hits. As of 2:30 PM today, the News-Register's revised article is not available on line.