Well, there is an election to win

Why is the press misreporting news about the Chevy Volt?   The Volt, which costs taxpayers up to $250,000 each to produce, is heralded as a successful cornerstone of the President's industrial policy.  Here are some headlines (collected together by Seton Motley):

GM's Volt Sales Up in June

Surprising June Sales for Volt

Chevy Volt Leads US Plug-In Car Sales

Chevy Volt Sales Increases

Volt Records Second-Best Sales Month

And here is the reality: GM sells 1760 Volts in June, double from 2011 

Compared with absurdly pathetic sales in 2011, sales in 2012 are only laughingly pathetic! Success!