Monday, July 25, 2022

"That's just, like, your opinion, man"

Federalist: "Recession? No Problem. Just Pretend It Doesn’t Exist."

I forget where I saw it today but somebody noted that this is the acid test for the failing mainstream media.  For decades, the definition of a recession has been two consecutive quarters of economic contraction.  Two quarters of negative growth.  It's numbers.  It's an either/or proposition.

It's likely this White House already knows that a recession is coming and the solution is to...redefine the definition of a recession.  The question now is whether the compliant, biased media will go along with this scheme or whether - for once - they'd exhibit a little integrity. 

2 comments:

Tito Puraw said...

The media exhibit integrity.....Good one.

Anonymous said...

On Monday, the same day as this post, Minnesota recorded the lowest unemployment rate that any state has ever had, at 1.8%.

Which of the failing mainstream media outlets is most likely to gloss over that data point?

Minnesota is one of twenty states with an unemployment rate below 3.0%.

Fifty states are under 5.0%. When Trump left office, three states were under 5.0%.