Caution: Media Bias Ahead

Rather than focus on actual numbers and statistics, NY Times decided to use good old fashioned public opinion. In a speech on Friday, Bush painted a very positive outlook on our economy, which for some reason the Times doesn't want to believe as true. The nation added 215,000 jobs in November and the economy is growing a 4.3% annual rate.

Yeah, yeah the numbers tell one story, but what about the average, economist citizens, what do they think? Well, NYT is there for you in a time of crisis and good news. Rather than have a 100% positive story they stick in this poll:

An ABC News/Washington Post poll last month found that 52 percent of Americans believe that the economy is getting worse, compared with 18 percent who think it is getting better. Sixty-four percent of respondents said the economy was not good or poor. A Harris poll last month found that 68 percent of Americans believe that the country is on the wrong track. Mr. Bush's approval rating last month for his handling of the economy stood at 37 percent in an Associated Press/Ipsos poll. (please notice the poll was conducted last month and not based on the information Bush was using in his speech).

Brian, over at the Iowa Voice sums it up pretty well:

I swear, they want people to think we're in the middle of the Great Depression, here. If there's a report of higher employment, they start talking about inflation. If there's talk about home buying being up, why then, the interest rates are going to skyrocket. If there's not a lot of houses being sold, then the bubble has burst. And on and on and on.

In A Word Side Note: This Times article covering Bush's speech on the economy attacks the President for not mentioning the US soldiers that died on Friday. Huh? Maybe the Bush Administration believes there is a better time and a better place to honor our fallen troops.

Grieving Father to his wife: "Hey, honey come here. I know Jimmy was just killed in action, but the President made some very touching and emotional comments in between referencing the consumer index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average."

Further In A Word Side Note: And maybe, just maybe the families hadn't even been notified by the Defense Department yet about their son's deaths. Alright I'll stop now, I am obviously over analyzing the New York Times' true intent.