I couldn't agree more with this. But the only "ordinary people" that corp media routinely interviews are disaffected voters at diners in Trump country. Its such a common phenomena that it must be some mandate from on high. Dean Baker is one of the best economists on the planet.
The media has a new schtick — find an urban African American low income worker who is unrepresentative of what the majority of low income workers in the US are experiencing and portray them as representative.
“ So, the New York Times deliberately found a worker who it recognized was atypical in order to tell a story about the low-wage workforce more generally that it knew was not true? What the f….?”
But we’ll still get stories pushed by the Times about the mythical “vibecession”, with hand-picked “blue-collar” voters in Western PA complaining about $7/doz. eggs, and $5.50/gal gasoline, and why they’re voting for tRump…bank it.
Republicans have done a superior job of framing, both positive and negative stories. believe Reagan first gained success by pointing out welfare queens (without the data)--leaving a racist image for many Americans that lingers today (I was serving in the Iowa legislature when Reagan spoke before the Iowa house and his comments were not adequately challenged then, or since then.
Willie Horton's ad during the 1988 campaign reverberated for years, without any successful education by national leaders. Criminal justice and corrections policies were framed due to the lasting impact of the Willie Horton ad. (
Dan is right; framing requires a personal touch, just like what Reagan and Bush accomplished
Reagan is still regarded as an economic genius because he came in just as the economy was starting to recover. He pushed his magical self-funding tax cuts for the rich as the magic cure for a sluggish economy. In reality those tax cuts added little to growth but did a huge amount to our national debt, the debt that Republicans are always hand-wringing over. I never saw the media call out that budget-busting lie which is why Dubya was able to run on repeating Reagan’s disastrous tax cuts. Bush destroyed the Clinton surplus that was being used to pay down the national debt without significantly increasing growth. The media looked away. Ditto for Trump’s tax cuts.
I thought that "If It Bleeds, It Ledes". The corporate media is out to make money, and the Fairness Doctrine was thrown out. I understand that news used to be more of a public service and was not a money maker.
What a great piece, Dan! Concrete examples would make a real impact! But, would it get "clicks"? Corporate media seems intent on creating a combative scene, a mostly questioning, pessimistic vibe. I want to be interviewed in a diner about my feelings regarding the importance of having a government that cares about all its people. 💙💙💙
Tha WaPo had a headline this week “Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump” which is factually accurate and truly neutral. Unfortunately they had to add “Will it matter?” to
that headline which isn’t. I suspect the headline writer wanted to write “Why it probably won’t matter” in true NY Times Pitchbot style.
"...people are overly susceptible to the constant message of doom and gloom they get from Donald Trump and the Republican Party."
Correction, Dan. It's not Trump and the GOP generating the noise. It's 99% due to FOX News and the mini-FOX's, that create/amplify/echo anything anti-Dem or pro-GOP. It's best to name names on this one.
Correction. It’s the constant gloom and doom from the mainstream “liberal” media about the economy that is the reason so many people still believe Trump -# and Republicans I general — are better for the economy. There were months and months of coverage of inflation. That coverage implying inflation was caused by Biden’s spending by conveniently not mentioning that inflation was as high or higher in all advanced economies, even ones that didn’t spend big, was bad enough. But the media’s refusal to report just as prominently that throughout that time the US has had the strongest economy by far with a job market better than any of the last 50 years is clear evidence of deliberate bias. When wages started to outpace inflation, especially for the lowest incomes, the media stayed mum or misreported that wages were not keeping up. When the World Bank recently upgraded its prediction for global growth, citing the fact that the US economy is so strong it is powering that growth, the major media outlets either didn’t report that fact or buried it in back pages.
Inflation is now down to normal but it’s still a non-story. And yes 2.6% is normal. Reagan, that economic genius, never saw inflation below 4%. Also the 2% target is completely arbitrary.
Don’t take my word for it. Here is a recent post by economist Dean Baker with the data:
“My six favorite untruths about the Bien Harris economy”
I couldn't agree more with this. But the only "ordinary people" that corp media routinely interviews are disaffected voters at diners in Trump country. Its such a common phenomena that it must be some mandate from on high. Dean Baker is one of the best economists on the planet.
The media has a new schtick — find an urban African American low income worker who is unrepresentative of what the majority of low income workers in the US are experiencing and portray them as representative.
“ So, the New York Times deliberately found a worker who it recognized was atypical in order to tell a story about the low-wage workforce more generally that it knew was not true? What the f….?”
https://cepr.net/my-six-favorite-untruths-about-the-biden-harris-economy/
Not surprising. Now they can say they've reached out to minority voters. New schtick, same endgame.
But we’ll still get stories pushed by the Times about the mythical “vibecession”, with hand-picked “blue-collar” voters in Western PA complaining about $7/doz. eggs, and $5.50/gal gasoline, and why they’re voting for tRump…bank it.
I am reminded of the legendary, possibly apocryphal, BBC reporter: There is no news tonight.
excellent
Republicans have done a superior job of framing, both positive and negative stories. believe Reagan first gained success by pointing out welfare queens (without the data)--leaving a racist image for many Americans that lingers today (I was serving in the Iowa legislature when Reagan spoke before the Iowa house and his comments were not adequately challenged then, or since then.
Willie Horton's ad during the 1988 campaign reverberated for years, without any successful education by national leaders. Criminal justice and corrections policies were framed due to the lasting impact of the Willie Horton ad. (
Dan is right; framing requires a personal touch, just like what Reagan and Bush accomplished
Reagan is still regarded as an economic genius because he came in just as the economy was starting to recover. He pushed his magical self-funding tax cuts for the rich as the magic cure for a sluggish economy. In reality those tax cuts added little to growth but did a huge amount to our national debt, the debt that Republicans are always hand-wringing over. I never saw the media call out that budget-busting lie which is why Dubya was able to run on repeating Reagan’s disastrous tax cuts. Bush destroyed the Clinton surplus that was being used to pay down the national debt without significantly increasing growth. The media looked away. Ditto for Trump’s tax cuts.
Great piece, DF. Completely agree. Already posted it to Bluesky.
I thought that "If It Bleeds, It Ledes". The corporate media is out to make money, and the Fairness Doctrine was thrown out. I understand that news used to be more of a public service and was not a money maker.
The Fairness Doctrine only applied to radio and tv companies broadcasting over the airwaves for free. Print media and cable tv were never covered.
What a great piece, Dan! Concrete examples would make a real impact! But, would it get "clicks"? Corporate media seems intent on creating a combative scene, a mostly questioning, pessimistic vibe. I want to be interviewed in a diner about my feelings regarding the importance of having a government that cares about all its people. 💙💙💙
Tha WaPo had a headline this week “Harris is running a much bigger campaign than Trump” which is factually accurate and truly neutral. Unfortunately they had to add “Will it matter?” to
that headline which isn’t. I suspect the headline writer wanted to write “Why it probably won’t matter” in true NY Times Pitchbot style.
"...people are overly susceptible to the constant message of doom and gloom they get from Donald Trump and the Republican Party."
Correction, Dan. It's not Trump and the GOP generating the noise. It's 99% due to FOX News and the mini-FOX's, that create/amplify/echo anything anti-Dem or pro-GOP. It's best to name names on this one.
Correction. It’s the constant gloom and doom from the mainstream “liberal” media about the economy that is the reason so many people still believe Trump -# and Republicans I general — are better for the economy. There were months and months of coverage of inflation. That coverage implying inflation was caused by Biden’s spending by conveniently not mentioning that inflation was as high or higher in all advanced economies, even ones that didn’t spend big, was bad enough. But the media’s refusal to report just as prominently that throughout that time the US has had the strongest economy by far with a job market better than any of the last 50 years is clear evidence of deliberate bias. When wages started to outpace inflation, especially for the lowest incomes, the media stayed mum or misreported that wages were not keeping up. When the World Bank recently upgraded its prediction for global growth, citing the fact that the US economy is so strong it is powering that growth, the major media outlets either didn’t report that fact or buried it in back pages.
Inflation is now down to normal but it’s still a non-story. And yes 2.6% is normal. Reagan, that economic genius, never saw inflation below 4%. Also the 2% target is completely arbitrary.
Don’t take my word for it. Here is a recent post by economist Dean Baker with the data:
“My six favorite untruths about the Bien Harris economy”
https://cepr.net/my-six-favorite-untruths-about-the-biden-harris-economy/