Friday, April 25, 2008

Recession and Rationing: The Media Goes for the "R" words

Never doubt the agenda behind mainstream media stories these days.  Today's AP story is about a "recession" in individual states, even if it is not clear that here is a recession in the country as a whole (see this blog's prvious entry on how meaningless the "recession" term really is--as if it made any difference as to whether our economy SLIGHTLY contracted, or SLIGHTLY grew, or simply stayed about the same--the substance of the economic SLOWDOWN is abut hte same in all three scenarios).

This "news" story by the despicable Associated Press (a "news" organization without any journailistic honor) is actually funny.

Remember those stories this week about STORES (not the nation) "rationing" rice?  Well, the whole purpose of those stories was to use the word "rationaing" (absurdly meaningless in the context of individual stores or chains--not to mention that the main CAUSE of higher food prices is BIOFUELS--in other words, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, who also happen to be a major DRAG on our economy due to the burdens they are placing on that economy in the name of "global warming").

Well, the entire pupoe of this story about individual states being in a "recession" is that "R" word.  Yes, this whole stroy is crated around the word "recession"--a word totally unnecessary to the story.  If the AP can't get economists to declare the nation in a "recession", they can still shoehorn the word into a story on the economic difficulties in individual states. 

Yep:  a "news" organization without honor.  Okay.  You can say the same about the entrie mainstream "news" media.

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