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Is NPR 'State-Affiliated Media'? Their Coverage of the Federal Debt Certainly Suggests as Much
« on: January 27, 2024, 08:07:37 pm »
Is NPR 'State-Affiliated Media'? Their Coverage of the Federal Debt Certainly Suggests as Much
Legacy media are no longer shrugging off concerns about the federal debt. But one media crown jewel informed listeners they had little to fear from this mountain of public debt.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
 
In late December, after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen borrowed $90 billion in just one day, the federal government’s public debt eclipsed $34 trillion for the first time in history.

The steady accumulation of public debt has become a mainstay in modern America, seemingly as inevitable as death and taxes. But something strange happened when the US passed yet another trillion-dollar debt milestone.

“The federal debt starts the new year at a level that is hard to grasp: $34 trillion,” the New York Times declared in a piece titled “The Debt Matters Again,” and even “…federal deficits now look scarier.”

CNN, the Associated Press, and other legacy media outlets also reported on the debt situation, offering bleak soundbites.

https://fee.org/articles/is-npr-state-affiliated-media-their-coverage-of-the-federal-debt-certainly-suggests-as-much/
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Re: Is NPR 'State-Affiliated Media'? Their Coverage of the Federal Debt Certainly Suggests as Much
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2024, 09:12:17 pm »
Too many in Washington believe in Modern Monetary Theory including the two party front runners for President

NPR will become concerned with the debt if Trump wins
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Re: Is NPR 'State-Affiliated Media'? Their Coverage of the Federal Debt Certainly Suggests as Much
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2024, 10:16:09 pm »
NPR gets pretty uptight when people call them that on Twitter, so I say fair dinkum.
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Re: Is NPR 'State-Affiliated Media'? Their Coverage of the Federal Debt Certainly Suggests as Much
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