Doing this in bigger chunks definitely allows you to get a sense of how the lines of attack against Trump and conservatives and the praise for Dems proceeds over longer period of times–the ebbs and flows of Trump derangement syndrome. This infects every aspect of the Star Tribune, not just the news section, what little there is of it, but business, entertainment, even sports occasionally. The shutdown is over, the elections are over for now, Epstein is probably more dangerous to Dems than Trump, so the older lines of attack seem to be foundering a bit, be interesting to see what emerges.
One theme is consumer anxiety over inflation and general affordability. Who could blame consumers for feeling stressed if the Strib is their source of news. What we don’t read about is the level of inflation during the Bidementia administration, coupled with wildly excessive government spending and money supply growth. That is what caused the explosion in prices. Since Trump came into office, and his policies have had little time to work, inflation has lessened, and according to current figures is actually lower than average earnings growth.
Here is a recent example of the kind of deceptive reporting the Strib does. The Wall Street Journal is the authoritative source for business and economic reporting. The job numbers that were released this week were reported by that paper as a strong upside surprise. The Strib picks up the NYTimes garbage reporting to describe it as “U.S. jobs increase disguises frailities”. The paper is doing its best to make consumers anxious.
In one front page top headline we learn that the most important thing we should be concerned about is that the federal government is banning THC, the active ingredient in marijuana products. REALLY!!?!! In the same edition we learn that climate hysteria is alive and well as fossil fuel emissions are on a record pace. Not highlighted is China’s role and the fact that they have declined in the US. Meanwhile, Trump is encouraging development and use of those evil polluting fossil fuel energy sources, with no mention that they are cheap and less dangerous than the renewable energy life cycle. He also might reverse a Bidementia wetlands rule that sought to regulate every temporary puddle on anyone’s land.
More immigration terrorism, little mention of the criminals being deported. Extreme manipulation of Epstein releases to make it look like Trump was somehow involved instead of the person who raised warnings about Epstein’s conduct. More of the concern about the rights of those running deadly drugs into the US than for their victims. More health care subsidy terrorism, using extreme cases, likely not fully investigated and ignoring that the average impact is pretty small. Dick Cheney, who the paper regularly demonized when he was in office, is a hero because he opposed Trump.
Republican gerrymandering is bad and courageous judges will stop it. Dem gerrymandering is wonderful. Trump hosted the Saudi government leader, which was awful because he supposedly killed a journalist. Trump gets zero credit for trying to stop wars and promote good relations with all countries.
In Minnesota the paper takes note of the excessive property tax increases, blaming them on federal government cuts, which is bullshit, and some state ones. The real source is completely incompetent and inefficient local governments coupled with state mandates and regulations. Data centers don’t want to come to Minnesota because of costs and regulation. Neither does any other business.
Saw a Sunday Paper and then the Price!😯