<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> faced intense backlash online Friday after publishing a report that suggested Americans should view a slight dip in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gas prices</a> as a &#8220;$100-a-month raise&#8221; or a &#8220;$100-a-month tax cut.&#8221;</p>
<p>The national average price of gasoline was $2.38 per gallon when President Joe Biden assumed office, according to the Energy Information Administration, and increased to $3.53 per gallon by the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gas-prices-are-1-50-higher-since-biden-took-office-cnn-business-america-got-a-raise">reported</a>. Prices surpassed $5.00 per gallon in early June before subsiding to $3.92 per gallon as of Friday, according to AAA.</p>
<p>CNN Business senior writer Chris Isidore lauded the decline in gas prices without mentioning that costs remain highly elevated from the level seen less than two years ago.</p>
<p>“Next time you stop at a gas station, think of it as a $100-a-month tax cut. Or a maybe $100-a-month raise,” Isidore wrote. “The steady drop in gas prices over the last few months has turned into an unexpected form of economic stimulus, coming at a time when the Federal Reserve is trying to cool the economy and battle rising prices with higher interest rates.”</p>
<p>Financial analyst Gordon Johnson responded to CNN, &#8220;Next time you stop at a gas station remember prices are STILL up ~90% since @POTUS took office, you are paying in after-tax dollars, and the draining of the SPR in the U.S. ends in Oct, just in time for mid-terms, which will contribute to gas prices going RIGHT BACK UP.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Next time you stop at a gas station remember prices are STILL up ~90% since <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> took office, you are paying in after-tax dollars, and the draining of the SPR in the U.S. ends in Oct, just in time for mid-terms, which will contribute to gas prices going RIGHT BACK UP. <a href="https://t.co/Z5dnQeHUFU">https://t.co/Z5dnQeHUFU</a> <a href="https://t.co/KDyzViUwrV">pic.twitter.com/KDyzViUwrV</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Gordon Johnson (@GordonJohnson19) <a href="https://twitter.com/GordonJohnson19/status/1560792406236299264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Next time you read anything @CNN says, think of it as shameless propaganda for the @DNC,&#8221; Psychologist Geoffrey Miller responded.</p>
<p>&#8220;Orwellian,&#8221; Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded. &#8220;Next, CNN is going to try to convince you that 2+2=5. In the meantime — since truth still matters — gas prices are UP nearly 65% since Biden took office.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Orwellian. </p>
<p>Next, CNN is going to try to convince you that 2+2=5.</p>
<p>In the meantime — since truth still matters—gas prices are UP nearly 65% since Biden took office. <a href="https://t.co/87xwbrKxR2">https://t.co/87xwbrKxR2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1560712522969260032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear: The national average price per gallon is $1.52 higher than when Trump left office,&#8221; Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) tweeted. &#8220;That&#8217;s a 64% INCREASE in gas prices under Biden—not a &#8216;cut,&#8217; as CNN wants you to think. No one is falling for the delusional propaganda the radical left is peddling.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;CNN just makes it so easy for its critics,&#8221; Brian Riedl, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, tweeted. &#8220;This is some next level gaslighting.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This is an apple,&#8221; James Taranto, editorial features editor at The Wall Street Journal, tweeted. &#8220;Think of it as a banana.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is an apple. Think of it as a banana. <a href="https://t.co/z1hlKQNFy2">https://t.co/z1hlKQNFy2</a></p>
<p>&mdash; James Taranto (@jamestaranto) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamestaranto/status/1561035188033003521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;CNN is state media. Even Fox News isn&#8217;t this partisan,&#8221; Ram Prasad, a behavioral science practitioner, tweeted. &#8220;They should just move one alphabet and call themselves DNN: Democrat News Network.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.</em></p>

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