Posted on 02/24/2024 9:49:16 AM PST by Signalman
For basically the entire Biden presidency, the corporate media have been trying to sell Americans on the idea that the economy is as good as it could possibly be, given the circumstances. But the messaging hasn’t resonated with voters, and the President’s poll numbers on the economy remain well underwater. In response, Biden’s frustrated media allies have started complaining about voter ignorance and bemoaning that he has been denied “credit” for the “fantastic” economy.
Unfortunately for these self-appointed Biden surrogates in the media, telling voters not to believe their lying wallets is not a winning campaign strategy. If Americans continue to feel pain at the gas pump and the grocery store, no amount of kooky rationalizing by Stephanie Ruhle is going to change that.
Of course, the reason the corporate media are desperately insisting voters are wrong about the economy is because they want to boost Biden’s chances in the 2024 election. The administration itself has even tried instructing journalists on how to cover the economy, and it appears to have paid off for them. In late 2021, the White House held a series of private meetings with the heads of major news outlets, in which administration officials pressured the media to aggressively push any and all positive economic news, no matter how small.
Shortly thereafter, CNN’s coverage of oil and gas prices went from 77 percent negative to 79 percent positive, and suddenly almost every anchor on the network was hyping the recent 5¢-per-gallon drop refueling costs. “Relief at the pump,” they chanted excitedly.
No matter how bad Biden’s poll numbers get, these journalists will never treat them as an accurate reflection of economic conditions. As a result, many Biden stooges in the media have begun talking about the existence of a so-called “disconnect” between the state of the economy and voter sentiment.
Journalists have crafted a variety of excuses for why this mysterious disconnect exists — all of which amount to, essentially, the polls are wrong. On January 19, MSNBC host Chris Hayes suggested that perhaps Americans just weren’t paying close enough attention to the economy:
If people aren’t paying attention to it, then it’s very hard to go out and take credit. And especially when it comes to the Biden administration, they haven’t been getting nearly enough credit for a whole bunch of good stuff, like the economy.
That same evening, Hayes’s colleague Stephanie Ruhle theorized that perhaps the real culprit was blind partisanship: “Are we going to get to the point where facts do not matter, and for the economy example, people are going to feel the way that aligns with their political party?”
But easily the most absurd rational came from CNN’s John Berman back in July of 2023: voters just “like being unhappy.”
Unfortunately for these self-appointed Biden surrogates in the media, telling voters not to believe their lying wallets is not a winning campaign strategy. If Americans continue to feel pain at the gas pump and the grocery store, no amount of kooky rationalizing by Stephanie Ruhle is going to change that.
It would be interesting to hear what changed her mind.
“You peon voters are just to dumb and stupid to notice how glorious and awesome Lord Biden is for you. You should just let us appoint your leaders and hang on every word they say. After all, we are your betters and it’s for our own go— I mean your own good, don’t you know?”
Sadly.
She has a couple of conservative children and her husband. I’m sure it took a while. My other SIL was a member of the SEIU and spouted their nonsense. She retired a couple of years ago and is now starting to make more sense.
are you going to believe what we tell you or your lying eyes?
Wall Street is doing fant6astic, no question.
But main street is doing lousy with prices in most every category sky high, those living on pensions are hurting as well as everyone working on low income jobs. The WH has gone to war on people
Bingo!
The leading US economic indicator-the stock market is setting records.
I’m to ignore that and instead go with endless doom loop.
I’m reminded of Pravda’s glowing reports of Stalin’s Five Year Plans.
As millions starved, Pravda would herald the amazing successes of Josef Stalin and his Plans.
I’m supposed to believe the doom crowd and not the folks backing their opinion with money?
Good one.
With the exception of gas prices which have been both up & down in many places, it would be very hard to say that in general,prices have gone nowhere but up in most applications. When somebody tries to tell me that that prices are going down & inflation is reversing, I’m saying that they are lying. I think most consumers would agree with that. I would also say that this situation has been going on for quite awhile; longer than many realize.
Who are you going to believe? The corporate media or those lying cash registers?
This is a good article for you:
It isn’t just food & energy that isn’t decreasing. I’ve noticed other areas that have gone up dramatically. I will admit that I can’t find out whether or not where corresponding labor pay has risen at an equal rate or not. When I was still working, it certainly was not in my particular career field.
Again, I’m at a loss for words.
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“Wall Street is doing fant6astic, no question.”
So are Government workers, they rarely have to worry about becoming unemployed or about inflation.
Talk about 2 America’s.
Bkmk
I am retired. My expenses have gone up about 8000 dollars a year. My income has gone up about 3000 dollars a year.
This is BIDENOMICS AT WORK. BIDENNOMICS SUCK!
MSM should show where their money comes from
The stock market goes up and the stock market goes down for a lot of different reasons. Think of it as an indicator of investor sentiment more than anything else
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