>do you honestly think "The European Central Bank chairwoman is a felon convicted for massive government payouts" would give the average reader an accurate view

>do you honestly think "The European Central Bank chairwoman is a felon convicted for massive government payouts" would give the average reader an accurate view of what happen? absolutely. Your wikipedia link is absolutely clear : "the court found Lagarde guilty of negligence" So, she is a convicted felon for conveniently looking the other way. Some of course may question whether the 400M euro is "massive" these days...