Extracurricular Source Analysis

The sub-heading to a story in the New York Times this morning:

"The tiny island nation of São Tomé may have attracted oil-related corruption without producing any oil."

The headline read, "No Oil Yet, but African Isle Finds Dealings Slippery."
Only when it's convenient for compacting a lot of information into a headline does the New York Times take an "assuming stance" on the corruption of the oil industry. This sub-heading assumes the reader believes the corruption of the oil industry is factual. It also states the position of the Times as believing the same thing.
Taking these underlying meanings into consideration, it also says less directly that the New York Times chooses to not write about the war profiteering that fuels the Iraq war and our continued interest in the Middle-East. And still less directly, but undeniably the fact of the matter, this sub-head states that this media organization, like most major media organizations is controlled. The proof is in print, as Harry Shearer is so fond of saying - "It's time to connect the dots!"