Wednesday, November 26, 2014

News You Can Lose


This rather good news appeared today in the print version of the once great Washington Post Bezos Bugle:
The U.S. economy grew even faster in the third quarter than initially thought, posting the strongest six months of growth in more than a decade and pulling further ahead of other big economies of the world. 
The gross domestic product, the country’s total output of goods and services, expanded at a healthy 3.9 percent annual rate in the July-September period, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. That’s a notable jump from its first estimate of 3.5 percent. The revision was propelled higher by more robust consumer and business spending. 
Together with a 4.6 percent surge in the spring, the country has recorded its biggest back-to-back quarterly performance since 2003.  (our emphasis)
Unfortunately, this was not featured on page 1 -- that space was reserved for Ferguson unrest (understandably), health care in ... wait for it...  Mosul, Iraq,  another in a series of fluffers on potential Republican presidential candidates (seriously, Carly Fiorina?!?), and a warm 'n' fuzzy Thanksgiving feature.

No, the information about the strong economic growth was on page... 12... on the bottom half of the page... in a digest... under "Also In Business."  Well played, "liberal media," well played.

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