CNN: "Annan's son to repay duty on Mercedes"

The NYTIMES had virtually the same headline as CNN: "Annan's Son Will Repay Ghana for Fees on Car".

THIS IS FACTUALLY WRONG AND MISLEADING. Why!? Well, YOU CANNOT RE-PAY WHAT YOU DID NOT AT FIRST PAY AT ALL - ( AND IN THIS INSTANCE IT WAS DONE THROUGH A DELIBERATE FRAUD). Here're the facts in the CNN story:

The vehicle would've cost $45,597. But with the discount, Kojo Annan got the car for $39,056, a savings of $6,541, according to an investigative report by Paul Volcker. Kojo Annan then convinced a U.N. official to send a letter to Ghana saying the SUV was for his father, making the shipment duty-free and saving Kojo Annan $14,103 in import taxes, the report states.

Clearly the headline is misleading and wrong. THIS AN ALL TOO COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE MSM - ONE THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BENEFIT THE GUYS THE LEFT-LEANING MSM LIKES. Just another reason why more amd more people are turning away from the MSM.