October 28, 2010 1:11PM # NPR Story Was Hardly Biased, but the Headline? By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE Today’s NPR story, “[Health Law Hardly At Fault For Rising Premiums](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130861732),” was much fairer than its headline (and the sub-heads, if that’s what we call them). [ObamaCare](www.cato.org/pubs/wtpapers/BadMedicineWP.pdf) is “hardly at fault for rising premiums?” Really? The story quotes an insurance-industry flack who well establishes what [the Obama administration’s own regulations confirm](https://www.cato.org/obamacares-unlimited-coverage-mandates-will-increase-some-premiums-by-7-percent-or-more/): ObamaCare will be a major driver of premium increases for some health plans. A sub-head calls such claims “misinformation.” Oh? The article does more to bolster those claims than the administration’s flack does to knock them down. A more accurate headline would have been, “Health Law at Fault for Rising Premiums? In Some Cases, Yes.” One wonders whether, in some [posh Versailles salon](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-october-25-2010/npr-staffing-decision-2010?xrs=share_fb), there’s an editor who already knows what the headline should be — never mind what the article says. ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).