NPR got it wrong(?):

[applegrove]

@npr.org
It's shocking that your 7:30am #MorningEdition newscast stated as fact that we had "record" inflation under Biden.

Biden topped 9%, then reduced it to under 3%.

The record high was 23.7% in 1920.
14.4% in 1947
14.8% in the late 70s.

ALL > than Biden.

Correct this. We get enough lies.

— Rhuta Bhayga (@rhutabhayga.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T23:34:45.030Z

[UpInArms]

1. 14.8%in 1980

See the chart here

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/historical-inflation-rates/

[FakeNoose]

9. Yep the other dates were before my time, but I remember the one in 1980

It was bad! Very hard on young couples and young families trying to save for a house, etc.

[UpInArms]

17. My mortgage was at 13.75% interest

It was horrible

[Woodwizard]

26. Same

Adjustable rate change every 3 years, I threw every bit of extra I had into my payment 8 years I was finished on a 15 year mortgage. Saving a ton on the interest.

[radical noodle]

29. Mine was 16% in the late 70s

Got a construction loan at a much lower rate, but by the time the house was completed and we could switch to a mortgage, it was up to 16%.

[Peacetrain]

31. We bought a house on contract in 1980..12% interest and everyone thought we were the luckiest

ducks.. What a nightmare that was.. We lived in that little house for 32 years.. people have no idea how we scraped to get by then

[radical noodle]

35. I get so tired of the "boomers had it good" mantra

My first good-paying job was a $70 a week salary. I think by the time I got that 16% mortgage I was making about $125 a week, a huge jump but not enough for a 16% mortgage. It was a struggle.

Our first TV was a used black and white with a tiny screen that cost $25, and we had to make payments to afford it. $5 a week. We built our first "sofa" out of 2x4s and scrap plywood and covered it with an old blanket. That was 1965.

Ah, the good old days....

[Peacetrain]

39. I made 2.50 an hour..

minimum wage.. thank God hubby was making more.. but realistically not that much more. 12,000 a year as a public health worker.. that was 79.. it was tough going..

[Rebl2]

44. I do as well

My first job(s) in the seventies were minimum wage jobs. One of them was working at a daycare center that allowed up to 100 kids in it. Made two something an hour. It was a horrible job. I told my younger sister never put your children in one of those chain daycare centers. The point is, I never made much more than minimum wage in my working life and had to quit working because of medical issues before I turned 30. It took me and my husband until my mid thirties, his early forties to be able to buy a house.

[Wonder Why]

36. My neighbor back then also paid 16%.

[murielm99]

38. We had the same thing.

But we needed a home. We refinanced as soon as we could.

[modrepub]

25. And

The normal way out of inflation is raising interest rates, which usually cause a contraction in economic output that may cascade into a recession. The fed and Trump’s obsession with fed interest rates cuts may signal the US economy is very wobbly at the moment. Kind of hard to tell with little government economic data available right now.

[Lonestarblue]

28. And what is made available likely modified to show the economy as better than it is.

[mgardener]

51. Our son

Was born that year.
It was tough.

[2naSalit]

2. I heard that and...

Knew they were wrong, I take a lot of their reporting with a grain of salt anymore.

[littlemissmartypants]

10. I agree. I turned them off for good on the morning of the empathy discussion featuring Elmo Mucks/Rogan interview.

How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles
March 22, 2025 8:05 AM ET
From the transcript:
ELON MUSK: "The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy."
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5321299/how-empathy-came-to-be-seen-as-a-weakness-in-conservative-circles

I just don't understand the indiscriminate signal boosting of the enemy and their philosophy without challenges and counter programming, 2na.

[Evolve Dammit]

3. We got 9.9% as a special first time home buyers deal in 1984. House and 2.5 acres was 44,000. Going rate was 12%

[paleotn]

8. Back in the early 90's, our first mortgage was 8.3% and we thought we were doing stellar!

Wasn't a bad rate for those days. Today, people are up in arms about 6%. Go figure.

[llmart]

16. Bought a house in 1985, not the first house.

I am quite sure it was at least 16% or even more.

[slightlv]

4. NPR has been changing since GW Bush...

but in addition to what you noted, I heard them on my local station this evening beg for money because the government ripped theirs away. Now, we know that's what trump started to do, but I read just yesterday where the courts demanded the money be remanded to NPR. But NPR didn't mention that part.... It's a shame, but it's all we got that even comes close to a decent newscast... just wish it was more like it used to be before the R's started ruining the country and threatening everyone...

[llmart]

18. I stopped listening to them because of their fawning over Dubya.

[TomSlick]

5. NPR- Nice Polite Republicans

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Bingo.

[paleotn]

6. National Petroleum Radio.

The national organization sold out years ago.

[Orrex]

7. Morning Edition and ATC have been soft-balling Republicans for as long as I've been listening.

This statement typically causes someone to ooze out of the ether to assure me that I haven't heard exactly what I've heard.

[BaronChocula]

47. I stopped listening a few years ago

The final straws were when ME and WE anchors continually invited on and were unable to handle republicans who raged against the truth. Fool NPR once, shame on you - Fool NPR twice, they'll have you back next week.

[ZDU]

12. So long NPR...

Shut them off in late-July, early-August... I was an NPR addict for years (since the late 80s).... Santaland Diaries, anyone remember!?
.....https://www.npr.org/2021/12/23/1065187420/david-sedaris-santaland-diaries.....
... NPR good ole days are behind me. Enough of them. Rearview mirror

[Orrex]

13. I find that their longer-form programming is still quite good

On The Media is a favorite, for instance.

But Morning Edition and All Things Considered have become unbearable.

[ZDU]

14. KQED (SF Bay Area)

Is good on Sunday afternoons... if the mood strikes, I tune in

[cbabe]

30. And Fresh Air is sales for the wannabes.

[ZDU]

40. Terry Gross

... will always have my respect

[markodochartaigh]

33. I love Santaland Diaries.

Cartalk was another favorite. And Prairie Home Companion, although I understand that Garrison Keillor has been raked over the coals by "both sides".

[llmart]

19. Did they "get it wrong"...

or deliberately mislead listeners. I think it's the latter.

[progree]

20. The official U.S. inflation data: peak inflation was 14.6% in March and April of 1980

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
It goes back to 1947.

The peak year-over-year inflation was 14.6% in March and April of 1980.

This is the official website, not some 3rd party thingy paired with an inflation calculator like you might see ballyhooed elsewhere.

More: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20846218

[soldierant]

21. Yeah, all they would have had to do was say "record since 1980" and it would have been accurate.

and it would have been accurate.`

Very careless.

[Polybius]

52. Damn, poor Carter had no chance for re-election with 14.6% inflation

Even though it clearly wasn't all on him.

[Warpy]

22. NPR started getting really sloppy in 2005

when Dubya had time enough to poison their BOD witha a bunch of wingnuts. That's when my clock radio got readjusted in favor of a low power classical station that didn't come in too well but also didn't feature people like Ken Mehlman, a GOP head who was slicker than snot on a doorknob and three times as nasty. Waking up to him had been an extremely unppleasant experience, so much so that I'd rather take the chance to wake up to static.

[orangecrush]

23. NPR still a hella lot better

Than faux.

And at least there is some culture.

[Joinfortmill]

24. Wow

[Betty Boom]

27. This is what I always say when earlier generations whine about how good boomers had it?

I graduated into double digit inflation in the late 1970s. I don’t know what world they thought we were living in, but it certainly wasn’t a rose garden.

[librechik]

32. NPR got an endowment level donation from the Kroc (McDonald's) family in 2003

200 million (biggest donation to a cultural institution ever) from the ultra conservative Krocs. Yes, they changed (slightly) and have never looked back.


I imagine they laugh heartily when characterized as "Leftist." Because "Public" radio, therefore socialism.

LOL

[wiggs]

34. Inflation that continued during covid STARTED under TSF first term. nt

[Xavier Breath]

37. With NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Today, the Trump admin-

That's all I have to hear before its switched off.

[ITAL]

41. Pretty typical

Even the best newscasts usually only look at the recent past when reporting numbers for stories like that. Just about anytime something is unprecedented, there is in fact some sort of precedent for it.

[hvn_nbr_2]

42. On short term "records"

It seems to have become common to call things records or best ever or most ever when they really mean best since 2015 or most since 2012 or the finest ever since 2002. I find this especially prevalent in sports reporting.

It seems like everyone craves hype and thinks that nothing happened before they can remember.

[Sane1]

43. Question

Did Covid's economical impact have anything to do with the overall numbers?

[Wiz Imp]

45. To be clear, inflation under Biden peaked at 9.1% for a SINGLE MONTH

Meanwhile, Inflation was at 9.3% or higher for 35 consecutive months from January 1979 to November 1981.

It was also at 9.4% or higher for 19 consecutive months from January 1974 to July 1975.

[OMGWTF]

46. I gave up on NPR years ago and I used to be a very generous donor.

[wolfie001]

48. Their "go along to get along" strategy is shortsighted and will fail because tRUMP's a raging lunatic

Mine as well do their fucking jobs! Spineless weasels.

[True Dough]

49. Let me tell you something

Rhuta Bhayga didn't just fall off the turnip truck!

[senseandsensibility]

50. So was this ever corrected on the air?

To me, that's the question. Mistakes happen, but journalists correct their mistakes in the same space as they were originally made.