Confusing Inputs with Outputs – beragampengetahuan – Beragampengetahuan

New research: Congressional District 19 a leader in clean energy.

So reads the headline of a recent news story in the Monterey Herald.

But the first line of the story tells you what’s really true:

A study by the Center for American Progress shows that Congressional District 19 is a leader in federal investments for clean energy which Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, has helped to secure.

In other words, the study shows that Jimmy Panetta’s district is a leader in federal spending for clean energy. It say nothing about whether the district is a leader in clean energy. The headline writer, and possibly the news reporter, confused inputs (spending on clean energy) with outputs (clean energy.)