The media are going to keep trying -- to their detriment and the detriment of the Biden campaign -- to gaslight us on the economy. They're going to keep telling us everything is fine, great even, and we're just too stupid to realize it.
The Hill is one of the most egregious offenders (Axios is another). The other day they insisted 'experts' (oh, how we loathe that word) assured us there's no recession and hasn't been one since 2020.
A majority of Americans wrongly believe that the country is in a recession, a new survey found.
— The Hill (@thehill) May 22, 2024
The poll found that nearly 3 in 5 respondents say the U.S. is in a recession, even though experts say there hasn’t been one since 2020. https://t.co/s34COogbc9
Today, they doubled down on this, insisting that Americans who think we're in a recession are just plain wrong, and dumb.
"Why the public thinks the country is in recession" (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/DsgUHi863N pic.twitter.com/mhWiELQKyd
— The Hill (@thehill) May 28, 2024
Because we are would be the reason.
Yeah, they fudge the metrics and make excuses for why we're not, but if you buy food, gas, or pay rent you know things are not good.
Reporters expressed some surprise at a recent Guardian-Harris poll revealing that 56 percent of those surveyed believe the country is in an economic recession, and that President Biden’s policies are to blame. And 49 percent believe the S&P 500 stock index is down for the year. Why doesn’t the public understand, reporters mused, that most of the macroeconomic numbers are really quite good? Biden, whose polling numbers are in the tank, has been wondering the same thing.
But average Americans, those who are not economists or vote-seeking politicians, tend to focus on a different set of numbers. Let’s call them personal economic indicators, the ones individuals and families confront daily. And those numbers tell them a different story. What are they saying?
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They're saying that savings are gone, credit card debt is up, and more people are living paycheck-to-paycheck.
As this writer has said repeatedly, gaslighting the public on this is a failed electoral strategy.
But -- by all means -- keep it up, Lefties.
Funny watching these articles slowly evolve from "everything is great. People are stupid" to "ok, the people are right. The economy sucks".
— Tar Heel Joe (@FormerModerate) May 28, 2024
Just like the 'banning gas stoves is a right-wing conspiracy' to 'yeah, we're banning them and it's good for you.'
It never fails.
Because it is regardless of the MSMDNC trying to redefine the term.
— Usually Right (@normouspenis) May 28, 2024
Good talk.
Nailed it.
If you move the goalposts, it's not a recession. It's magic!
Is this satire
— Bucky Patrick (@Bucky_Patrick) May 28, 2024
Sadly, no.
"Don't trust what you're seeing, trust US!"
— Bob Paulson (@PaperStSoapCom) May 28, 2024
'And vote for the guy who is making you suffer, 'cause we like him!'
Serious question, do reporters purchase groceries, do they go out and eat, do they drive a vehicle that needs filled up occasionally? Are they not also consumers? They surely understand what has hit the average American’s pocketbook. The problem, they are biased towards Biden.
— Gandalf Graymatter (@GGraymatter) May 28, 2024
The answer is no -- they live in isolated, privileged little enclaves where the experiences of the average American are foreign to them.
This is why pic.twitter.com/IS1zkWKjaK
— DC (@DCMockers) May 28, 2024
Numbers don't lie.
The media, however, do.
Silly public! The economy is booming! https://t.co/vQlQKSsAwq
— Ahab (@Ahab4K) May 28, 2024
Pretty much.
Not a recession but:
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) May 28, 2024
1) Savings are gone.
2) Credit card debt is way up.
3) Living paycheck to paycheck.
Matthews: Why the public thinks the country is in recession https://t.co/0OJBM1sk4p
Laughably out of touch.
And 4) Inflation lives.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) May 28, 2024
"In fact, the public is correct. While the 'rate of inflation' increases have fallen, inflation continues to grow, just at a slower pace. Those month-over-month inflationary increases are cumulative. "
Read the rest.
Yeah, read it and laugh at how much the journalist class despises you.
The Biden administration cannot fix this by November. All they can do is spin and try to smear and jail the opposition. No record to run on.
— BoVodio Toad (@BovodioToad) May 29, 2024
Which is why they're going to push hard on abortion. It's the only card they've got to play, and it's not a good one.
Here's the thing. At the time Biden took office, breakfast for two people at our local spot was ~$28. Last week, it was $42. All the gaslighting and hand-waving by rich economists and newsreaders cannot hide what people are experiencing.
— Bolt Vanderhuge (@GenghisKhet) May 28, 2024
But if they sneer at us and call us dumb, that'll change our minds.
They can just keep changing the definition of a recession to make sure we never officially hit one
— Thomas A (for Amazing) Grace (@AmazingTomGrace) May 28, 2024
Yep.
Well, not until perhaps Jan. 20, 2025
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) May 28, 2024
And -- if Trump wins in November -- it'll be an economic depression, the media will panic and blame Trump, and we'll have four years of hysteria.
Du Ponts in 1934: "I don't get it, we're doing fine!" https://t.co/mCZ4YFHZcu
— Avi Woolf, Wilderness Conservative🐺 (@AviWoolf) May 28, 2024
Excellent reference.
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