Ray From Cleveland
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Holy shit! That is a straw man argument, a red herring and a non sequitur logical fallacy all rolled into one postThe point is that the MSM reports both the positive and negative economic news as well as the very real impact that the pandemic is having on millions of people. If you have blinders on a only see what you want to see, or if you choose to lie about , I can't help that, and I can't help you.The MSM does in fact report on housing starts as well as existing home sales. Ever hear of the Wall Street Journal. But dead people and the unemployed do not buy houses. Yes there are a lot of people who are doing well and unaffected by the pandemic, but it is stupid and callous to disregard the millions who are suffering.The Dow is at 28,250.23. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are at or near all time highs. Schools will be re-opening soon and the economy can finally be completely re-opened since we are approaching herd immunity on the Chinese virus and then everything will be great again. Even when things are going as great as they are, somehow the MSM find a way to make it look the country is in a state of turmoil. If the MSM would stop inciting riots and whipping up coronavirus hysteria, we could all get back to making America as great as it was before we got distracted with the coronavirus and race riots.
Not to mention new housing starts were 22% higher in July. While that may not be all that exciting, it is when you figure the price of lumber went sky high and people are building anyway. But don't look for the MSM to report too much good news until after the election and if Biden wins.
So what does this tell us? It tells us people are confident of our future, and especially President Trump. Screw the polls. Actions speak louder than words. Nobody is going to build a house and pay for it if they are worried about income. Not many invest in the market unless they foresee a good chance at making a profit.
So who's disregarding them? I'm merely pointing out that this is not the end of the world as the MSM is telling us. They key to economic recovery and success is confidence. To me it seems that confidence is there with President Trump in charge.
Media ups the ante on negative coverage of Trump
Liberals are beginning to swagger around as if the 2020 election is already over. Eugene Robinson at The Washington Post exclaimed that President Trump’s re-election campaign is “beginn…www.bostonherald.com
Assuming you won't even go to the site, here is the highlights:
Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center found that from March 4 (when Joe Biden had basically wrapped up the Democratic nomination) through May 31, Trump coverage on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts was 94% negative. In May, it was 99.5% negative, an all-time low.
There were 474 evaluative comments about President Trump during this period, and 445 were negative. By contrast, there were only 85 evaluations of Biden, and 51 were negative (61%). They were nine times more negative about Trump.
The issue is reporting on the economy, not trump. You're asking me to respond to an argument that I didn't as a distraction from the actual issue. Furthermore you are presenting the premise that the MSM is unfair to Trump( regardless of the veracity of that claim , to show that we are misrepresenting the state of the economy. Therefor, your premise is disconnected from you conclusion
Of course it's about the economy. People have a bleak outlook on it if there is nothing positive about who's leading this economy. Or would you like me to find a study on how they are reporting on the economy too?