The Media is pulling the wool over your eyes

6:56 PM:

 

Blogging was light today. There was a doctor's appointment today. Doc says I'm doing fine. Trouble is, more tests and doctor appointments must be done in the near future.

 

But that news doesn't go with this post. So to get on with this update, I note that the latest economic reports seem to favor Trump, but are being politically spun to look unfavorable.

 

Which reminds me of a quote of Solzennitzen, a Russian dissident from the Cold War Era. He said that you should only trust your own crooked eye. It is a wry joke about human nature. People don't always tell the truth doncha know. That's how you can look at the "news". Trust what you see with your own eyes. The official version of events may not match what you can see for yourself.

 

8:36 AM:

 

In a post that is presumably about the jobs report, the CNBC fails to mention the jobs numbers. Instead, the media outlet decides to discuss the Federal Reserve. What does Trump say? Here's a discussion of that on Truth Social.

Basically Trump argues that he knows more about interest rates than the Federal Reserve.

What we COULD get if the media was interested in enlightening the public:

---We could get a discussion of Trump's claims.

---We could get a discussion of why the Federal Reserve is "independent". The Federal Reserve isn't elected, nor is it accountable to the people. However, no discussion is presented to show why this is a good thing.

Nor does Trump offer anything except his own claim of superior expertise. Well, at least Trump is accountable. He cannot legally run for President again, but he can be removed from office by the political act of impeachment. This is unlikely because of party divisions in Congress. He is still accountable in theory. Is the Federal Reserve accountable at all?

I would choose accountability over non-accountability. The media may not be explicitly saying so, but they are holding Trump responsible for an economy that can be deliberately sabotaged by an unaccountable official, and doesn't explain why this is a good idea.