Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile prepare to raise prices on consumers because of Trump's trade war

[Igel]

2. It's a misleading lede.

Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile prepare to raise prices on consumers

Yes. But we assume that means "all prices" when it probably means just "prices for new, imported phones."

The financial pain would be felt by purchasers of new phones; the informational pain is felt by those who don't keep in mind how English, specifically, can be weaponized to impair communication of facts while promoting communication of outrage.

The caveat is that they might decide to subsidize new phones by finding income elsewhere, which would be their services instead of their pieces of equipment.