Reply #83: I am wondering if this is one of the reasons... [View All]

[CoffeeCat]

...that the MSM seems to hide how bad the economy is. Remember, when we hit bottom? The media
was constantly spinning "green shoots" and rainbows. It was revolting and it was lies. They
twist statistics and hide the bad reality with their own spin on the numbers. We aren't being
told the truth.

I often wonder if they are shaming people who aren't doing well--into silence. If people are losing
jobs, losing income, taking paycuts and losing benefits--but the media gives this pictures of, "Hey!
Everything is improving and things are great!" People feel like there is something wrong with them.
When they are constantly bombarded with, "things are improving" and "the economy is roaring back" then
people feel like THEY have failed. They wonder what is wrong with them--that they aren't recovering
as the economy is.

I think the MSM is hiding reality, but I also think they shame those who are suffering into silence--by
making them feel like defectives who just aren't good enough to experience this recovery.