The country is doing great, no matter how hard the MSM try to make it seem otherwise. MAGA!

[Ray From Cleveland]

The Dow is at 28,250.23. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are at or near all time highs. Schools will be re-opening soon and the economy can finally be completely re-opened since we are approaching herd immunity on the Chinese virus and then everything will be great again. Even when things are going as great as they are, somehow the MSM find a way to make it look the country is in a state of turmoil. If the MSM would stop inciting riots and whipping up coronavirus hysteria, we could all get back to making America as great as it was before we got distracted with the coronavirus and race riots.

Not to mention new housing starts were 22% higher in July. While that may not be all that exciting, it is when you figure the price of lumber went sky high and people are building anyway. But don't look for the MSM to report too much good news until after the election and if Biden wins.

So what does this tell us? It tells us people are confident of our future, and especially President Trump. Screw the polls. Actions speak louder than words. Nobody is going to build a house and pay for it if they are worried about income. Not many invest in the market unless they foresee a good chance at making a profit.

The MSM does in fact report on housing starts as well as existing home sales. Ever hear of the Wall Street Journal. But dead people and the unemployed do not buy houses. Yes there are a lot of people who are doing well and unaffected by the pandemic, but it is stupid and callous to disregard the millions who are suffering.

So who's disregarding them? I'm merely pointing out that this is not the end of the world as the MSM is telling us. They key to economic recovery and success is confidence. To me it seems that confidence is there with President Trump in charge.

The point is that the MSM reports both the positive and negative economic news as well as the very real impact that the pandemic is having on millions of people. If you have blinders on a only see what you want to see, or if you choose to lie about , I can't help that, and I can't help you.

Media ups the ante on negative coverage of Trump

Liberals are beginning to swagger around as if the 2020 election is already over. Eugene Robinson at The Washington Post exclaimed that President Trump’s re-election campaign is “beginn…

www.bostonherald.com

Assuming you won't even go to the site, here is the highlights:

Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center found that from March 4 (when Joe Biden had basically wrapped up the Democratic nomination) through May 31, Trump coverage on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts was 94% negative. In May, it was 99.5% negative, an all-time low.

There were 474 evaluative comments about President Trump during this period, and 445 were negative. By contrast, there were only 85 evaluations of Biden, and 51 were negative (61%). They were nine times more negative about Trump.

Holy shit! That is a straw man argument, a red herring and a non sequitur logical fallacy all rolled into one post

The issue is reporting on the economy, not trump. You're asking me to respond to an argument that I didn't as a distraction from the actual issue. Furthermore you are presenting the premise that the MSM is unfair to Trump( regardless of the veracity of that claim , to show that we are misrepresenting the state of the economy. Therefor, your premise is disconnected from you conclusion

Of course it's about the economy. People have a bleak outlook on it if there is nothing positive about who's leading this economy. Or would you like me to find a study on how they are reporting on the economy too?

 

[Meathead]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

You get that this is a country of 330,000,000 and about 100,000 of those people would have died without the Chinese virus.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Assuming you won't even go to the site, here is the highlights:

Rich Noyes of the Media Research Center found that from March 4 (when Joe Biden had basically wrapped up the Democratic nomination) through May 31, Trump coverage on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts was 94% negative. In May, it was 99.5% negative, an all-time low.

There were 474 evaluative comments about President Trump during this period, and 445 were negative. By contrast, there were only 85 evaluations of Biden, and 51 were negative (61%). They were nine times more negative about Trump.

Orange Jesus received $5 billion of free media coverage in 2016.

Donald trump rode $5 billion in free media to the white house

Donald Trump didn't spend nearly as much on advertising as typical presidential candidates, and he didn't have to -- he relied on billions of dollars in free earned media instead.

www.thestreet.com

Whining about negative media coverage is a wee bit disingenuous.

Yes, Trump drew crowds to their networks and they made out like bandits. That was short lived however. After he won, the tables turned 180. It went from positive coverage to total negative. I have studies earlier on if you care me to post them.

 

[Blues Lifer]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

They don't care. Nor do they care that, for the most part, companies that benefited from the shutdowns (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, tech in general) have been dragging the stock market along, or that the wave of small company bankruptcies has begun.

Alternate universe. Their own little world.

C19 was set to kill many people regardless of who was running the country. With large crowds spitting all over in rage, I don't imagine these protests are helping; thanks demos. At least Trump was willing to put travel bans up early.. instead of the scumbag demos that were calling him xenophobic and telling people hey come on over to China; it's fine!. What Trump did saves maybe double the numbers.

February 11, 2020
Press Conference
"A lot of people think it goes away in April".

February 22, 2020
Interviewer: "Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?"
Trump: "No, not at all, and we have it totally under control."

February 22, 2020
Interviewer: "How concerned are you?"
Trump: "Well, we've pretty much shut it down."

February 26, 2020
Press Conference
"Within a couple of days it's gonna be down to close to zero."

February 28, 2020
South Carolina Rally, to Press
"Almost everybody that we see is getting better. And it could be everybody, too."

March 2, 2020
MAGA Rally
"They're gonna have vaccines, I think, relatively soon. And they're gonna have something that makes you better, and that's gonna take place, we think, even sooner."

March 3, 2020
Telephone Interview
"We have thousands, or hundreds of thousands of people, that get better, just by sitting around, and even going to work, some of them go to work, but they get better".

March 6, 2020
"As of right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test, that's the important thing, and the tests are all perfect. Like the letter was perfect".

March 6, 2020
Interviewer: "What do you say to Americans who say they are concerned that you are not taking this seriously enough and that some of your statements don't match what your health experts are saying?"
Trump: "That's CNN. Fake News".

I will agree that the one negative on Trump is that he was too gratuitous with his optimism. That said, if people are clinging to a politician for their health concerns on a disease? they are looking in the wrong place. You have to possess the intelligence to know where to get your medical advice. A president being positive is better than one that is wetting himself in panic. Still, it's one small, fair gripe on Trump's attitude on this.

 

[colfax_m]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

They don't care. Nor do they care that, for the most part, companies that benefited from the shutdowns (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, tech in general) have been dragging the stock market along, or that the wave of small company bankruptcies has begun.

Alternate universe. Their own little world.

Trump is a salesman. It doesn’t matter what’s actually the product, just what people think about it.

 

[Blues Lifer]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

They don't care. Nor do they care that, for the most part, companies that benefited from the shutdowns (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, tech in general) have been dragging the stock market along, or that the wave of small company bankruptcies has begun.

Alternate universe. Their own little world.

Trump is a salesman. It doesn’t matter what’s actually the product, just what people think about it.

Obama was the ultimate slick salesman. The difference is Trump actually accomplishes good things aside from the posturing. Obama just blew huge loads of money onto failures as he strut around like he was awesome.

 

[colfax_m]

regardless of your opinions on Trump, does the country really feel like it’s going in the right direction? One thing we’re relatively united in is saying no, it’s not.

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - Direction of Country

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - Direction of Country

www.realclearpolitics.com

Just reflecting on the acrimony, the rage, and the lack of ability to even agree on simple things. Our country is ill, in my opinion.

 

[colfax_m]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

They don't care. Nor do they care that, for the most part, companies that benefited from the shutdowns (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, tech in general) have been dragging the stock market along, or that the wave of small company bankruptcies has begun.

Alternate universe. Their own little world.

Trump is a salesman. It doesn’t matter what’s actually the product, just what people think about it.

Obama was the ultimate slick salesman. The difference is Trump actually accomplishes good things aside from the posturing. Obama just blew huge loads of money onto failures as he strut around like he was awesome.

Obama actually was grounded in reality. Trump called Obama’s economic growth of 2.4% pathetic. He called 2.4% economic growth under his administration the best ever. It’s just bonkers.

 

[colfax_m]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

You get that this is a country of 330,000,000 and about 100,000 of those people would have died without the Chinese virus.

Says who?

 

[Meathead]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

You get that this is a country of 330,000,000 and about 100,000 of those people would have died without the Chinese virus.

Says who?

Well, the average age of those who died was 78, which is about the average life span in the US. So reason says so.

 

[Blues Lifer]

regardless of your opinions on Trump, does the country really feel like it’s going in the right direction? One thing we’re relatively united in is saying no, it’s not.

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - Direction of Country

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - Direction of Country

www.realclearpolitics.com

Just reflecting on the acrimony, the rage, and the lack of ability to even agree on simple things. Our country is ill, in my opinion.

Nope. This country is fine. The latest battle of C19 would be brutal for all. Aside from that, the only main fail happening these days are happening in the Demo-run cities that have been devolving for years. Now comes the 2020 power-grab. Trump wins, this country gets back on track, and the immoral left crawls back to their holes for another 4 years as we grow tremendously beyond C19 and these baseless riot-wars.

 

[Blues Lifer]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

They don't care. Nor do they care that, for the most part, companies that benefited from the shutdowns (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, tech in general) have been dragging the stock market along, or that the wave of small company bankruptcies has begun.

Alternate universe. Their own little world.

Trump is a salesman. It doesn’t matter what’s actually the product, just what people think about it.

Obama was the ultimate slick salesman. The difference is Trump actually accomplishes good things aside from the posturing. Obama just blew huge loads of money onto failures as he strut around like he was awesome.

Obama actually was grounded in reality. Trump called Obama’s economic growth of 2.4% pathetic. He called 2.4% economic growth under his administration the best ever. It’s just bonkers.

Obama's Policies Have Crushed the Economy | RealClearPolitics

The headline at CNN Money was,

www.realclearpolitics.com

Obama's Policies Have Crushed the Economy

 

[colfax_m]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

You get that this is a country of 330,000,000 and about 100,000 of those people would have died without the Chinese virus.

Says who?

Well, the average age of those who died was 78, which is about the average life span in the US. So reason says so.

That’s not how it works. Life expectancy is more complicated. For instance, a man who makes it to 78 is expected to survive until about 87.

 

[colfax_m]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

They don't care. Nor do they care that, for the most part, companies that benefited from the shutdowns (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, tech in general) have been dragging the stock market along, or that the wave of small company bankruptcies has begun.

Alternate universe. Their own little world.

Trump is a salesman. It doesn’t matter what’s actually the product, just what people think about it.

Obama was the ultimate slick salesman. The difference is Trump actually accomplishes good things aside from the posturing. Obama just blew huge loads of money onto failures as he strut around like he was awesome.

Obama actually was grounded in reality. Trump called Obama’s economic growth of 2.4% pathetic. He called 2.4% economic growth under his administration the best ever. It’s just bonkers.

Obama's Policies Have Crushed the Economy | RealClearPolitics

The headline at CNN Money was,

www.realclearpolitics.com

Obama's Policies Have Crushed the Economy

Man. Think. Obama was crushing the economy with his policies but Trump couldn’t do any better?

It’s almost like there isn’t as much impact as this little article suggests.

 

[Meathead]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

You get that this is a country of 330,000,000 and about 100,000 of those people would have died without the Chinese virus.

Says who?

Well, the average age of those who died was 78, which is about the average life span in the US. So reason says so.

That’s not how it works. Life expectancy is more complicated. For instance, a man who makes it to 78 is expected to survive until about 87.

There are several million people who reach the age of 78, do you honestly think that all of them will live to be 87? And if they all did, then they would all be expected to survive till 92, and so on and scoobie doobie doo.

It's a fatuous argument.

 

[colfax_m]

regardless of your opinions on Trump, does the country really feel like it’s going in the right direction? One thing we’re relatively united in is saying no, it’s not.

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - Direction of Country

RealClearPolitics - Election Other - Direction of Country

www.realclearpolitics.com

Just reflecting on the acrimony, the rage, and the lack of ability to even agree on simple things. Our country is ill, in my opinion.

Nope. This country is fine. The latest battle of C19 would be brutal for all. Aside from that, the only main fail happening these days are happening in the Demo-run cities that have been devolving for years. Now comes the 2020 power-grab. Trump wins, this country gets back on track, and the immoral left crawls back to their holes for another 4 years as we grow tremendously beyond C19 and these baseless riot-wars.

Absolutely not. We will have a more full accounting of the response to COVID later but it’s very clear the federal response was slow, confused, insufficient.

 

[colfax_m]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

You get that this is a country of 330,000,000 and about 100,000 of those people would have died without the Chinese virus.

Says who?

Well, the average age of those who died was 78, which is about the average life span in the US. So reason says so.

That’s not how it works. Life expectancy is more complicated. For instance, a man who makes it to 78 is expected to survive until about 87.

There are several million people who reach the age of 78, do you honestly think that all of them will live to be 87? And if they all did, then they would all be expected to survive till 92, and so on and scoobie doobie doo.

It's a fatuous argument.

No, but about half will.

My point is there’s no logic behind your statement.

 

[Hellbilly]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

181,019

 

[colfax_m]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

181,019

It is what it is.

 

[Meathead]

Did y'all forget that COVID killed 170,000 people already?

You get that this is a country of 330,000,000 and about 100,000 of those people would have died without the Chinese virus.

Says who?

Well, the average age of those who died was 78, which is about the average life span in the US. So reason says so.

That’s not how it works. Life expectancy is more complicated. For instance, a man who makes it to 78 is expected to survive until about 87.

There are several million people who reach the age of 78, do you honestly think that all of them will live to be 87? And if they all did, then they would all be expected to survive till 92, and so on and scoobie doobie doo.

It's a fatuous argument.

No, but about half will.

My point is there’s no logic behind your statement.

That's the point. If half the people who attained the age of 78 died, we would have probably over 3 million dead Americans, not 170,000. Clearly older people die with or without things like the Chinese virus.
I have neither the patience nor the inclination to tutor you on demographics and life-expectancy.