Using quotes out of context

News organizations love to use quotes without context to get their audience intrigued. I found a story by The Hill that caught my attention, but once I read into the text, I had realized that the headline was alluding to something that the story was not about. Perhaps this is because not all the people that read the headline read the story. Regardless, this practice is unfair for news consumers. Here is the story I found:

Although the article was writing in 2017, it appeared on my twitter feed at the heat of the Trump and Russia investigation. Perhaps that is how it turned up again.

By reading the title, the audience can infer that this quote is important information regarding the Trump's supposed funding from Russia. But once I read it, the true quote was not as interesting as the headline suggests.

"I said, 'Eric, who’s funding? I know no banks — because of the recession, the Great Recession — have touched a golf course. You know, no one’s funding any kind of golf construction. It’s dead in the water the last four or five years,'”  the writers told WBUR.

"And this is what he said. He said, 'Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.' I said, 'Really?' And he said, 'Oh, yeah. We’ve got some guys that really, really love golf, and they’re really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.’"

So turns out, the only funding the headline is referring to is for Trump golf courses. Certainly not as interesting as Trump getting Russia funds for presidency.

I hope this encourages you to read the story before blindly believing and sharing an interesting headline.