From: howdHol@yaooho.com   
      
   Boron Elgar  wrote   
      
   > Lot of economic facts out there and it'd be nice if they were reported   
   > honestly and logically, instead of Fox News type chyrons.   
      
   A huge amount of it is local news producers following the lead of what they   
   see on CNN or read in the NY Times, who then send out a crew to the local   
   big box or grocery store with instructions to get ten quotes on camera from   
   shoppers that can be turned into a three minute scare segment.   
      
   It's always sad to me how unimaginative and pack driven so many producers   
   are -- they could just as easily just send the crew out to get shots of   
   cute kids, or people buying sports memorabilia, or superhero fans returning   
   to comic book stores.   
      
   And it's really sad how dumb a lot of the big national reporters who drive   
   the local coverage are about this stuff. There are plenty of experts who   
   will talk to major outlets and provide a meaningful counternarrative about   
   food prices, or caution about gas prices, but their coverage leans   
   ridiculously heavily toward industry group flacks.   
      
   I saw a credulous report repeating talking points from the American Farm   
   Bureau, and I wondered why the reporter wouldn't spend the half hour needed   
   to debunk it and come up with a much more interesting story about the   
   propaganda effort of a group known for decades of misinformation. It's a   
   much more engaging story -- why prioritize boring repetition over a   
   truthful and different take?   
      
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