Voters Tuning Out the Lying Media
No one hears their screams
The media has a growing problem: people aren’t buying its lies. The implications of this reality are potentially huge as voters seem poised in 2024 to turn against the ruling progressive elite to a degree not seen since 2016.
Start with the economy. The administration of President Joe Biden and its lickspittles in the media just don’t understand why people aren’t in love with Bidenomics.
Take CNN, the once-reputable if left-leaning outlet that became permanently hysterical and deranged when Donald Trump was president. It reported in September: “What’s the biggest problem with the US economy right now? The vibes are off. By almost any objective measure, Americans are doing much better economically than they were nearly three years ago, when President Joe Biden took office.” The left-wing UK Guardian chimed in: “The lack of confidence in the economy has many academics and politicians puzzled.”
Puzzled vibes or not, according to RealClearPolitics, 59 percent of Americans disapprove of the way Biden is handling the economy. The media points to gross domestic product growth and low unemployment, but both of those are juiced by federal deficit spending that will average a wildly unsustainable $1.9 trillion annually during Biden’s term—and without which the economy would be in deep recession. (The calculation of GDP includes government spending.)
The problem for Biden and the lying media is that cumulative inflation—amounting to 17.4 percent from the time Biden took office through November 2023—will exceed 20 percent by the end of his term. Furthermore, these official numbers are phonied up, as anyone knows who has tried to buy food or acquire housing recently. Real prices paid by normal Americans will likely be up more than 30 percent over the Biden years.
ConservativeChick
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