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10 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read
this is as bad and dumb as you think it is
NYT: gee, why do Americans think economy is bad?

could it be bc NYT ran 130+ inflation stories last month?
more here on the Biden Boom that the press refuses to acknowledge; pressrun.media/p/new-poll-con…
punchline is he’s a *data* journalist but most of the data point to surging economy so he reverts to anecdotes

this is what being married to a storyline looks like
anecdotes? tens of millions students back in school. standing room-only football stadiums, new flex work schedules for employees.

but nope, there’s only one story that can be told

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Eric Boehlert Profile picture
11 Dec
of course, no mention here abt what role the press has played doing the GOP’s bidding for last two months by trashing the economy; nytimes.com/2021/12/10/bus…
Biden just magically has a messaging problem re: economy, media’s hysterical. relentless coverage isn’t a factor
when US jobless claims fell to 52-yr low this week, NYT covered it w/ one paragraph in a story shoved inside the biz section

but gee, why don’t Americans think the economy is doing ok?
Read 4 tweets
Eric Boehlert Profile picture
10 Dec
My latest— the press pile on; pressrun.media/p/new-poll-con…
“Weekly jobless claims in the U.S. 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.”
“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”
Read 4 tweets
Eric Boehlert Profile picture
9 Dec
the Biden “crisis” of full employment….
if a Republican had Biden’s economic record after one yr in office the press would put him on Mt Rushmore
btw, I guarantee behind closed doors Republicans are panicked abt Biden’s red-hot economy and specifically what press coverage will look like next spring, summer, fall when unemployment hits 3.3%
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Eric Boehlert Profile picture
5 Dec
Biden coverage has been awful and unfair since August.

this isn’t even debatable; pressrun.media/p/consumers-ar…
I mean…. pressrun.media/p/washington-p…
fun fact: when economy added 530K jobs in month of Oct. NBC Nightly News did not cover the story .

when economy added "disappointing" 220K jobs in Nov, it was the third story on NBC Nightly News.
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5 Dec
we’ve circled back to She’s a Mean Boss narrative

good look scrubbing the WP archives looking for stories abt men pols in DC who are Mean Bosses

apparently none exist
none have high staff turnover rate and none are considered perfectionists
context: pressrun.media/p/are-democrat…
Read 4 tweets
Eric Boehlert Profile picture
3 Dec
my latest—deplorable; pressrun.media/p/spreading-co…
“Here’s what’s painfully obvious, even if the political press doesn’t want to say so: Republicans aren’t merely anti-mask or anti-vaccine. They’re pro-Covid. Period.”
“Despite the mounting evidence of the party’s nihilistic ways, the press remains too timid to call Republicans “pro-Covid,” just like they wouldn’t call Trump a “liar.””
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