Prime example of how the news gets it wrong

[Steppenwolfe]

You ought to know....lol

I know plenty...

 

[5030]

Could have fooled me. Usually know it all's don't know squat. They 'think' they do when in reality everyone is laughing at them. Contemplate that for a while...

 

[Hay Dude]

Could have fooled me. Usually know it all's don't know squat. They 'think' they do when in reality everyone is laughing at them. Contemplate that for a while...

So true :thumbsup:

 

[Macinnis]

Back in the late 90’s, my hobby was to read multiple newspapers online to read the stories of the day. It quickly became clear how each source reported it and their bias.

I have saved this quote for almost 10 years now. It’s from the new your times...and the same person wrote both articles...one was for George w bush and one was during the Obama administration...can you tell which one is which?

The president smiled when he learned this week that economic growth during the third quarter reached a surprising 2.7 percent, almost twice the previous rate. But his smile shouldn’t be broad. The new figure almost certainly exaggerates the health of the economy, which continues to creep along at a painfully slow pace. Even the 2.7 figure is half the normal rate of recovery and not enough to bring down unemployment.


Vs


The slow pace of the nation’s economic recovery has picked up a bit lately. In the third quarter, the economy grew at an annual rate of 2 percent, beating expectations and the dismal 1.3 percent growth in the second quarter. Over the past year, the growth rate has been 2.3 percent. At that pace, there’s enough momentum to keep unemployment, currently 7.8 percent, from getting much worse.

Almost identical numbers...but two very different stories.

 

[Hay Dude]

Back in the late 90’s, my hobby was to read multiple newspapers online to read the stories of the day. It quickly became clear how each source reported it and their bias.

I have saved this quote for almost 10 years now. It’s from the new your times...and the same person wrote both articles...one was for George w bush and one was during the Obama administration...can you tell which one is which?

The president smiled when he learned this week that economic growth during the third quarter reached a surprising 2.7 percent, almost twice the previous rate. But his smile shouldn’t be broad. The new figure almost certainly exaggerates the health of the economy, which continues to creep along at a painfully slow pace. Even the 2.7 figure is half the normal rate of recovery and not enough to bring down unemployment.


Vs


The slow pace of the nation’s economic recovery has picked up a bit lately. In the third quarter, the economy grew at an annual rate of 2 percent, beating expectations and the dismal 1.3 percent growth in the second quarter. Over the past year, the growth rate has been 2.3 percent. At that pace, there’s enough momentum to keep unemployment, currently 7.8 percent, from getting much worse.

Almost identical numbers...but two very different stories.

The bias makes it so boring and predictable. I just yawn at their opinion pieces they call “ news “ :laughing:
nothing more than lies. Ask ol Lyin Brian Williams.
Nauseating lies