New poll confirms media are burying us in bad economic news

[CousinIT]

By a staggering ratio of six-to-one, Americans say they are seeing and hearing bad economic news more often than they are positive reports. The new polling results confirm the deep disconnect the media have constructed, as news outlets stress. discouraging news regarding the Biden economy, while often ignoring or downplaying the cascading positive developments.

Still committed to the GOP-friendly — and fictitious — storyline about a U.S. economy in decline, the press is damaging President Joe Biden’s approval rating by painting a false portrait of America. It’s doing the Republicans’ bidding — and the messaging is working.

Recently asked in a YouGov poll if they had “heard mostly positive or mostly negative news stories about the economy,” 48 percent of Americans said “mostly negative,” and just 8 percent said “mostly positive.” (28 percent said both negative/positive, and 16 percent said they hadn’t heard much about the economy at all.)

Those results are stunning, considering how many positive economic developments are being generated. Just in recent days we’ve learned that gas prices will soon be falling, wages are hitting record heights for workers, and that weekly jobless claims haven’t been this low since Jimi Hendrix played at Woodstock. Yet for most Americans, there’s only one economic story being told — a doomsday one.

The YouGov polling results come in the wake of a new media study that shows Biden is getting worse coverage than Trump did one year ago.

https://pressrun.media/p/new-poll-confirms-the-media-are-burying

MEDIA are Eeyore:

[Lovie777]

1. President Biden will be ok and so will the Democrats . . ..

There seems be a correlated effort by the GQP media, but the economy is recovering slowly which the GQP media will never say.

[jimfields33]

3. Economy to individuals is living expenses

If they have to give more money at the grocery store, they don’t consider that a good economy. I’m betting that’s why the poll number look the way they do.

[Lovie777]

4. It's called greed . ..

Holiday season and the lost of profits from 2020. I'm starting to see the prices going down here in my part of Los Angeles County as well as gas prices. Supplies and products are hitting the shelves.

[IronLionZion]

2. This is a good time for workers to use collective bargaining

to get higher wages and better benefits during a so-called labor shortage. But instead we have to hear about gas and grocery prices all the time.

[MichMan]

5. Doesn't do anything for those who are retired

[IronLionZion]

6. I have empathy for lower income retirees

but the ones with lots of houses and stocks can sell some of that.

[hot2na]

7. The DU site is following suit

Right now the DU site homepage has this article posted adjacent to the following "Latest Breaking news": US inflation jumps 6.8% in November -- fastest rate in 39 years.

No wonder people are confused.

[The Mouth]

8. Bad news sells more.

[Trust_Reality]

9. Advertising money comes from big business, like pharmaceuticals, the world of greed.

The world of greed is where Republicans reside.

[hay rick]

10. Media trying desperately to avoid "anti-conservative" bias.

Also to please their ownership, hedge funds, advertisers...

News reports are a commodity, not a search for larger truths or guideposts for an electorate seeking to build a better society.

[lees1975]

11. Interesting perspective

but I have to say, our local news radio here this morning, the repeating half-hour loop of local news, weather and traffic, national news, made note of the fact that jobless claims hit a 54 year low, the stock market is showing record growth, and the reporter actually cited an economist who quoted Reagan back in 83 or 84 when it was at about the same rate, that inflation is a side-effect of a "roaring" economy, and no one can remember when the unemployment rate dropped half a percentage point in one quarter.

So why doesn't the DNC just make a dozen or so commercials, and run them until they're worn out?

[certainot]

13. must be a music station! that's not the radio news on most of the loudest

radio stations in most states or if it happens a few times the hosts on after that makes sure to give the opposite news for hours and hours

[certainot]

12. i don't know why dems expect MSM to go against the constant buzz from 1500 coordinated radio stati

stations if Democrats and progressives don't

[DallasNE]

14. Initial Jobless Claims Are At A 60 Year Low Is Bad News? How!

Besides, there were 120 million fewer pepole all of those years ago.