Maybe the media doesn’t actually want disaster to hit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a>, but they seem to be rooting for it to strike <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-nukes-reporter-over-question-at-hurricane-press-conference-that-is-nonsense-stop-politicizing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Governor Ron DeSantis</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> observed Wednesday on his podcast and radio show.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-hurricane-ian-slams-into-florida-as-powerful-category-4-hurricane/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hurricane Ian</a> gathered strength and prepared to slam into the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast, critics were faulting conservatives for enabling climate change and speculating about whether DeSantis was up to the job. The category 4 hurricane made landfall near Fort Myers Wednesday afternoon and the state was braced for a 36-hour battering.
“Look for very hot takes from the media about how this is all Ron DeSantis’s fault, both because of global warming and, also, because Ron DeSantis is a very bad man.”
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A “pagan element” has taken over the radical Left, Shapiro said, and it seems to believe disasters that strike red states are carrying out supernatural destiny.
“The reality is, of course, a natural disaster is a natural disaster,” Shapiro said. “And thoughts prayers, resources all need to go towards the people directly in the path of this thing.”
DeSantis spent the early part of the week warning those in Ian’s path to flee to safer ground while also lining up the relief resources that will be needed in the storm’s aftermath. On Wednesday, as the Gulf water surged inland, he told residents still remaining in the area from Naples up to Tampa to “hunker down.”
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It was unclear if politics were behind the delay in President Joe Biden’s phone call to DeSantis, which came well after members of the media noticed he had called a trio of mayors.
“Biden corrected that late in the afternoon after there was enormous blowback for him not calling Ron DeSantis because the two obviously are political rivals,” Shapiro noted.
At a press briefing, DeSantis scolded a reporter who claimed Florida’s response to the hurricane that hadn’t yet hit was “lax.”
“Give me a break,” DeSantis said. “That is nonsense. Stop politicizing, okay? Stop it. We declared a state of emergency when this thing wasn&#8217;t even formed. We&#8217;ve had people in here. You&#8217;ve had counties doing they&#8217;ve done a lot of hard work. And honestly, you&#8217;re trying to attack me. I get that, but like, you&#8217;re attacking these other people who&#8217;ve worked very hard, and so that&#8217;s just totally false.”
Shapiro warned DeSantis to brace for more criticism. He cited MSNBC’s Joy Reid, who said DeSantis would be “forced to actually do his job when he&#8217;s used to spending most of his time hanging out on Fox News and owning the libs.”
“So bottom line in all of this,” Shapiro said. “Don’t follow any of the politicization. There&#8217;s going to be an extraordinarily large-scale attempt to preemptively claim that Ron DeSantis has botched the hurricane.“So just be on the lookout for that sort of media coverage because it is just inaccurate,” he aded. “And in the meantime, if you’re a decent person pray for the people who are actually in the path of a major hurricane, that likely will be tearing roofs off of buildings and harming a great number of people.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters at a campaign

Ben Shapiro Predicts Media’s Disaster Response As Ian Pummels Florida

Ben Shapiro Predicts Media's Disaster Response As Ian Pummels Florida

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A fact check from <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> noted that President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> provided incorrect statistics about <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gas prices</a> during a Friday speech.
While delivering remarks at an event for the Democratic National Committee, the commander-in-chief noted that prices at the pump have hit their lowest level in months — but wrongly said that many states are seeing prices below $2.99 per gallon.
“Gas prices — I know I got criticized for going into the stockpile. But guess what? Gas prices are down $1.30 a gallon,” Biden said. “And in 41 states plus the District of Columbia, the average gasoline price is less than $2.99.”
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/politics/fact-check-biden-gas-prices-unemployment-rate/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled the claim false</a> since zero states are witnessing average gas prices below $2.99 per gallon. Although Biden has accurately noted that average prices in most states were below $3.99 in previous remarks, the White House corrected the official transcript for his Friday speech — but not before the claim was aired live on CNN and MSNBC.
The national average price of gasoline was $2.38 per gallon when Biden assumed office and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gas-prices-are-1-50-higher-since-biden-took-office-cnn-business-america-got-a-raise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> to $3.53 per gallon by the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After surpassing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$5.00 per gallon</a> in early June, prices have somewhat subsided to $3.70 per gallon as of Friday, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from AAA.
Biden has pushed green energy policies while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-severely-cuts-back-on-oil-and-gas-leases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leasing less federal land</a> for oil and gas drilling since the conclusion of World War II, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-could-refill-strategic-oil-reserve-at-80-per-barrel-democrats-blocked-trump-when-oil-was-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">presiding over a decrease</a> in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 638 million barrels to 434 million barrels. At the beginning of his tenure, Biden also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/keystone-pipeline-dead-killed-by-biden-thousands-of-jobs-lost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nixed expansions</a> to the Keystone XL pipeline project.
The White House has nevertheless <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-releases-massive-document-detailing-bidens-economic-achievements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed credit</a> for the recent plateau in costs. “President Biden is committed to tackling these immediate challenges, without giving up the substantial economic and labor market gains our economy has achieved,” an economic report from the Biden administration contended. “And we are seeing significant progress on that front, with a decline of more than $1.20 in gas prices this summer and overall prices in the economy declining moderately in July.”
CNN also noted that Biden missed the mark on reporting strong employment data. Though he claimed that the 3.7% unemployment level is the lowest in “more than 50 years,” the outlet noted that the rate was either 3.6% or 3.5% five times during the Biden administration and nine times during the tenure of former President Donald Trump.
“Biden not only erased the recent uptick from 3.5% to 3.7% but erased the performance of the pre-pandemic economy under his Republican predecessor,” CNN reported. An official from the White House told the outlet that Biden had correctly claimed unemployment was “near” a five-decade low during other appearances earlier this month.
Indeed, the unemployment rate increased to 3.7% last month even as more Americans returned to work, according to <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Participation in the job market has been lagging over the past two years, worsening a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-continue-to-opt-out-of-the-workforce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decades-long trend</a> of low engagement in the job market. The labor force participation rate dropped from 63.4% in February 2020 to 60.2% in April 2020 alone amid government lockdowns and business closures, according to <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As of last month, however, labor force participation had climbed to 62.4%.

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CNN Jumps In To Set The Record Straight For Biden On Gas Prices

CNN Calls Out Biden On Absurd Claim About Low Gas Prices

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In the early 2000s, former GOP president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/george-w-bush" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George W. Bush</a> was practically the second coming of Hitler, according to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/progressivism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Left</a>. When the late Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-mccain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John McCain</a> secured the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, he was painted as the second coming of Bush. That must have made him the third coming of Hitler. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) was more or less declared a cruel and heartless jerk in the 2012 election.
Then former President Donald J. Trump burst onto the scene in 2015-2016. In the eyes of his detractors in the press and certain establishment Republicans, he was such a bad guy that he made Bush, McCain, and Romney model gentlemen by comparison. None of the men supported Trump, and that all but sealed the deal for their image rehab amongst the MSNBC crowd and readers of The New Yorker.
It seemed nobody could be worse than Trump — until Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) started gaining notoriety in recent years.
DeSantis could potentially run for higher office in 2024, or 2028. With that, we&#8217;re now seeing the Left move at a rapid pace to assail DeSantis as even eviler than Trump.
For example, in a 2016 article for Slate, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/06/how-should-america-resist-a-fascist.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that Trump was &#8220;running a campaign of threat and intimidation&#8221; and that Trump &#8220;had opened the door to the worst passions and darkest urges of American society.&#8221; He was a &#8220;fascist.&#8221;
Once in office, Bouie <a href="https://hnn.us/article/172572" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that Trump was a racist expressing pro-white, exclusionary immigration policy in a &#8220;crude, demagogic style.&#8221; Likewise, he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/opinion/trump-omar-9-11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the president of bringing racist &#8220;rhetoric to the bully pulpit of the American presidency.&#8221;
&#8220;He has taken everything coursing through the last 20 years of Republican politics and made it explicit,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/opinion/trump-omar-9-11.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>, in reference to alleged prejudice and venom in the GOP in 2019.
In 2022, it seems that Bouie doesn&#8217;t quite remember Trump to be all that bad. Trump was charming really, Bouie now claims.
In reaction to DeSantis&#8217; decision to fly 50 migrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, Bouie <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/17/opinion/desantis-marthas-vineyard-immigration.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> DeSantis &#8220;may be a more competent Trump in terms of his ability to use the levers of state to amass power, but he’s also meaner and more rigid, without the soft edges and eccentricity of the actual Donald Trump.&#8221;
Bouie also claimed that DeSantis simply doesn&#8217;t have the showmanship necessary to pull off that kind of move.
The writer also claimed that &#8220;Donald Trump is also a lifelong celebrity with a public persona” and somebody who &#8220;has the skills of a celebrity.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s funny, he has stage presence, and he has a kind of natural charisma,&#8221; Bouie opined. &#8220;He can be a bully in part because he can temper his cruelty and egoism with the performance of a clown or a showman. He can persuade an audience that he’s just kidding — that he doesn’t actually mean it.&#8221;
Did you get that? Trump is now a soft-edged, funny, and charismatic part of Americana who can command a stage.
A few years ago, he was provoking America&#8217;s worst passions, using awful, uncouth language, and stoking racial hatred — but now he&#8217;s an okay guy.
Bouie is not alone in his newfound respect for Trump and spite for DeSantis.
&#8220;Ron DeSantis is the governor of Florida, a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, and quite possibly the most dangerous figure in American politics,&#8221; MSNBC columnist Michael A. Cohen <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/florida-gov-ron-desantis-far-more-dangerous-donald-trump-n1294862" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in April 2022.
Cohen added, &#8220;While it’s hard to imagine any politician wresting that title away from Donald Trump, DeSantis brings something to the table that Trump lacks — his ability to translate political vindictiveness, cruelty and demagoguery into policy results.&#8221;
For Cohen, DeSantis is worse than Trump because he is smarter and actually does what he promises to do on the campaign trail.
The lesson here, of course, isn&#8217;t that DeSantis is &#8220;worse&#8221; than Trump. Nor is it a statement that DeSantis would be a better nominee in 2024 than Trump.
The takeaway is that leftists and their media allies will always smear GOP politicians who threaten their power with unseemly allegations of racism, hatred, and wickedness. Their goal with such slander is not to defeat those societal maladies, but to intimidate voters into not supporting a certain politician.
It&#8217;s always bogus, and a pretty obvious one with their sudden about-face on Trump.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Ron DeSantis, George W. Trump

With DeSantis Gaining Prominence, Legacy Media Has A Newfound Respect For Trump

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After the Bank of England announced that it expects the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economy</a> of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Britain</a> to shrink in the third quarter of 2022, news outlets reported that the country is in a <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/recession" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recession</a> — although several American media outlets refused to do the same upon similar news in the United States.
Although the central bank had formerly expected economic output to grow by 0.4% during the third quarter, lower manufacturing and construction output compelled policymakers to downgrade forecasts to a 0.1% contraction — marking the “second successive quarterly decline,” according to <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy-summary-and-minutes/2022/september-2022">minutes</a> from a Wednesday meeting. Officials nevertheless hiked interest rate targets in order to quell high <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/inflation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflation</a>.
British media outlets interpreted the Bank of England’s commentary using the rule-of-thumb definition of a recession — two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
“Britain’s economy is now in recession, the Bank of England has said, as it raised interest rates to tackle the worst bout of inflation for 40 years,” The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/22/bank-of-england-interest-rate-rise-latest">reported</a>.
“Experts at the Bank of England (BoE) have said that the UK economy is already in recession after gross domestic product (GDP) shrank for the second straight quarter,” Yahoo Finance UK <a href="https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-recession-bank-of-england-114739974.html">added</a>.
&#8220;The Bank now expects the UK economy to shrink between July and September,&#8221; the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62991376">commented</a>. &#8220;This comes after the economy already shrank slightly between April and June and will push the UK into recession, defined as when an economy shrinks for two consecutive quarters.&#8221;
In the United States, <a href="https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product">data</a> from the Bureau of Economic Analysis likewise indicated that the economy met the definition of a recession, since output shrank at a 1.6% annualized rate in the first quarter and a 0.6% pace in the second quarter. More recent <a href="https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnow">data</a> from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta showed that the economy will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-economy-shrank-in-the-first-two-quarters-and-will-likely-stagnate-in-the-third">likely stagnate</a> in the third quarter as well.
Several leading American media outlets, however, refused to acknowledge that the country entered a contractionary period based on the traditional definition of a recession.
“Two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth are thought to be sufficient for a recession call, but the NBER makes a subjective interpretation using a variety of data,” Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/raulelizalde/2022/08/05/this-is-why-we-are-not-in-a-recession-yet-but-its-just-a-matter-of-time/?sh=650097c99eea">reported</a> in August.
“Yes, the economy is cooling off after last year’s gangbusters growth,” CNN Business <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/15/economy/recession-inflation-economy/index.html">said</a>, “but no, it does not appear to be suffering the kind of downfall that would qualify as a recession.”
“The most recent evidence suggests the U.S. is not on the verge of its second recession in three years, but rather the economy is growing at a steady if somewhat slower pace,” MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-u-s-economy-is-not-in-recession-its-growing-but-for-how-long-11660930170#:~:text=The%20most%20recent%20evidence%20suggests,people%20applying%20for%20unemployment%20benefits.">explained</a>.
“The American economy is losing steam and is vulnerable to sinking into a recession but it’s not in one yet,” CNN Business <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/economy/recession-economy-mark-zandi/index.html">reported</a> based on an interview with Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi.
The talking points followed remarks from members of the Biden administration, who, citing the lack of an official verdict from the National Bureau of Economic Research, likewise argued that the nation has not yet <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-does-preemptive-damage-control-as-economy-heads-toward-recession">definitively entered</a> a prolonged contraction.
“While some maintain that two consecutive quarters of falling real GDP constitute a recession, that is neither the official definition nor the way economists evaluate the state of the business cycle,” the White House said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/07/21/how-do-economists-determine-whether-the-economy-is-in-a-recession/">blog post</a>. “Instead, both official determinations of recessions and economists’ assessment of economic activity are based on a holistic look at the data — including the labor market, consumer and business spending, industrial production, and incomes. Based on these data, it is unlikely that the decline in GDP in the first quarter of this year — even if followed by another GDP decline in the second quarter — indicates a recession.”
Further arguing that “you don’t see any of the signs” of a broader contraction, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen referred to “solid” consumer spending figures and robust employment rates during an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yellen-were-not-in-a-recession-were-in-a-transition-in-which-growth-is-slowing">interview</a> with NBC host Chuck Todd. “We’re in a period of transition in which growth is slowing and that’s necessary and appropriate and we need to be growing at a steady and sustainable pace,” she contended. “So there is a slowdown and businesses can see that and that’s appropriate, given that people now have jobs and we have a strong labor market.”

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British News Outlets Are Reporting Their Country Is In A Recession. American Media Refused To Do The Same.

British Media Outlets Acknowledge Their Country Is In A Recession

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Why is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/legacy-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legacy media</a> so boring?
CNN is a <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/08/02/cnns-profits-to-dip-below-1b-for-first-time-since-2016-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billion-dollar company</a>. Yet the best the media conglomerate can conjure up for stimulating conversation surrounding the ascent of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prince-charles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">King Charles III</a> sounds like a litany of the latest college campus wishes contrived from an international relations 101 class at Swarthmore.
On Friday, the former home of Brian Stelter ranted about BLM, climate change, reparations, and other left-wing goals while discussing their hopes and dreams for the United Kingdom&#8217;s new monarch.
&#8220;Here&#8217;s how CNN spent a good portion of its first hour after King Charles III&#8217;s speech &amp; the service of remembrance at St. Paul&#8217;s Cathedral for Queen Elizabeth II&#8230;.harping on BLM, multiculturalism, &amp; hoping Charles pushes Britain to institute reparations,&#8221; Newsbusters&#8217; Curtis Houck noted.
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Here&#39;s how CNN spent a good portion of its first hour after King Charles III&#39;s speech &amp; the service of remembrance at St. Paul&#39;s Cathedral for Queen Elizabeth II&#8230;.harping on BLM, multiculturalism, &amp; hoping Charles pushes Britain to institute reparations.
CNN, still unserious. <a href="https://t.co/h1EKozo1dE">pic.twitter.com/h1EKozo1dE</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1568322263497297921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This was about five minutes later,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Again, talking about reparations, racial tensions, and the royals being a family of racists. It&#8217;s as if that&#8217;s what CNN feeds off of and pushes to the forefront.&#8221;
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This was about five minutes later.
Again, talking about reparations, racial tensions, and the royals being a family of racists.
It&#39;s as if that&#39;s what CNN feeds off of and pushes to the forefront. <a href="https://t.co/UUfqcnByXB">pic.twitter.com/UUfqcnByXB</a>
&mdash; Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1568322912859602944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Conservative columnist Caleb Howe also highlighted a chyron, which simply read, &#8220;CHARLES BECOMES KING AFTER DECADES OF CLIMATE ADVOCACY.&#8221;
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lol this CNN banner <a href="https://t.co/BVfazO1GEf">pic.twitter.com/BVfazO1GEf</a>
&mdash; Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) <a href="https://twitter.com/CalebHowe/status/1568256978899845120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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It is true that Charles has been a climate advocate. The U.K.&#8217;s history of colonialism deserves to be looked at it in its proper context. Of course, it wasn&#8217;t as evil as leftists like to shriek about, but that doesn&#8217;t mean reviewing the good and the bad side of it shouldn&#8217;t occur. A rigorous debate would be worthy to watch, but that isn&#8217;t what happened.
The true dullness about CNN&#8217;s coverage is that they are simply taking the policy goals of American leftists and placing them on the U.K., and therefore the entire world.
CNN&#8217;s Christiane Amanpour herself admitted as much while remarking on the impact that the George Floyd riots had on England and elsewhere around the globe.
In her mind, predominantly white cultures that engaged in colonialism owe something to the brown and black nations they once controlled. The resulting inequity is justification for such reparations.
The conversation sounded no different from CNN&#8217;s expectations of President Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency.
Of course, what Amanpour either ignores or does not realize is that to this day, she pushes her culture onto various nations around the globe.
Just this week, Amanpour tweeted an interview she had with the newly elected president of Kenya. Kenya is a predominantly Christian nation and doesn&#8217;t recognize the right to gay sex.
“Gay sex is illegal in Kenya and President-elect @WilliamsRuto previously said &#8216;we have no room for gays,’” Amanpour tweeted. &#8220;Ruto tells me &#8216;we respect everybody,&#8217; but adds &#8216;this is not a big issue for the people of Kenya&#8217; and President Kenyatta was &#8216;spot on&#8217; to say homosexuality &#8216;is not agreeable.’”
Throughout the interview, you can see the visceral disdain from the supposed non-biased journalist. Ruto defended his culture. Rightly or wrongly, he stands by what his people have decided should be the rule of law.
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Gay sex is illegal in Kenya and President-elect <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamsRuto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WilliamsRuto</a> previously said “we have no room for gays.” Ruto tells me “we respect everybody,” but adds “this is not a big issue for the people of Kenya” and President Kenyatta was “spot on” to say homosexuality “is not agreeable.” <a href="https://t.co/qLN3Ss0p2G">pic.twitter.com/qLN3Ss0p2G</a>
&mdash; Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) <a href="https://twitter.com/amanpour/status/1567567162444849157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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As Ruto explained in the interview with Amanpour, his culture is different from Western nations that recognize gay sex as legal. If the country decides that should be changed, it will be changed by a vote.
One Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/TheoAbuAgada/status/1567580641046286338?s=20&amp;t=h9vcghlyb4r_Ub9pW8CSGQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebutted</a>, &#8220;Very disappointing question from you. African Journalists need to start asking Western leaders about Polygamy too. Stop imposing your culture and values on us.&#8221;
For Americans judging Kenya’s president-elect disagreeing with Amanpour, they should remember that it wasn&#8217;t until 2003 that the Supreme Court ruled that bans on gay sex were unconstitutional. Just prior to running for re-election, former President Barack Obama and much of the Democratic Party were still against same-sex marriage.
That matters not to Amanpour. Just as it matters not that the history of England and its impact on the world isn&#8217;t as cut and dry as it seems. Nothing ever is.
It doesn&#8217;t matter to folks on CNN if the king carries on the tradition of the throne or defends the Faith. CNN would probably consider it a gigantic step backward for the whole world if he did anything like cede Westminster Abbey back to the Roman Catholic Church, despite it being an ecumenical sign of goodwill and remarkably interesting.
What only matters to these folks is if King Charles advances the leftist cause of the day. How lame.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

King Charles

Why Is Legacy Media So Boring? CNN Pushes Climate Change, BLM, Reparations, And More While Discussing King Charles III

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More than half of those who consume news from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/legacy-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legacy media</a> outlets CNN and MSNBC believe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hispanics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hispanics</a> are becoming more conservative at the ballot box because they are soaking up “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fake-news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disinformation</a>,” even as those same viewers buy into false narratives, according to a new poll.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-1-in-4-democratic-voters-believe-men-can-get-pregnant-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a>, conducted between August 22-25 by WPA Intelligence, asked 1,000 participants what they think is contributing to the Hispanic trend toward Republicans. Fifty-seven percent of MSNBC viewers said the spread of “disinformation” was causing Hispanics to vote conservative, while 54% of CNN viewers came to the same conclusion. Another 16% of MSNBC respondents and one-fifth of CNN respondents said Hispanics have “internalized racism” and a “desire to fit into white society,” causing them to lean Republican.
“Common sense says that misinformation isn’t limited to any one side of the political aisle, yet so much of the media’s attention focuses on falsehoods on the political Right,” WPA Principal and Managing Director Conor Maguire told The Daily Wire. “So, we wanted to explore how common conspiracy theories and falsehoods are among left-wing voters.”
A further breakdown of the survey showed that 61% of Biden voters and 60% of white Democrats believe Hispanics are being duped into voting Republican. Only around 30% of Biden voters and white Democrats think more Hispanics are leaning Right because they are actually socially conservative.
Along with asking left-leaning respondents about the disinformation supposedly contributing to the conservative leanings of Hispanics, the poll also gauged how many CNN and MSNBC viewers have themselves bought into false stories.
Of regular CNN viewers, 38% say it’s somewhat or mostly true that former Russian President Vladimir Putin stole the election for Donald Trump, and nearly half, 45%, of MSNBC viewers believe Trump benefited from a stolen election in 2016. Following constant prodding and investigations into the Trump campaign and administration, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/clinton-campaign-just-made-stuff-up-about-trump-russia-former-fbi-intel-chief-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russian collusion narrative</a> turned out to be nothing more than a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-other-words-it-was-made-up-jim-jordan-rips-trump-russia-conspiracy-after-latest-durham-filing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed attempt</a> by legacy media outlets and Democrats to explain Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton.
The WPA poll also asked CNN and MSNBC fans if they thought Florida banned the word “gay” in all public schools as a result of passing its “Parental Rights in Education” bill. A staggering 64% of CNN viewers, 63% of MSNBC viewers, and two-thirds of all Democratic respondents said it is somewhat or mostly true that Florida banned the utterance of the word “gay” in schools. As previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whats-actually-in-floridas-so-called-dont-say-gay-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, the Florida bill simply prohibits teachers in K-3rd grade from teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Another 38% of CNN consumers and 30% of MSNBC viewers think the Florida government requires university professors to register their political party with the state, a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/fact-check-desantis-florida-students-professors-political-views/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">false claim</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210624000851/https:/www.salon.com/2021/06/23/desantis-signs-bill-requiring-florida-students-professors-to-register-political-views-with-state/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spread</a> by leftist website Salon.
“Our poll found that significant shares of Democrats, self-described liberals and CNN and MSNBC viewers believe things that are objectively untrue — from thinking the 2016 election was stolen by Russia to the baseless belief that Florida requires university professors and students to register their political views with the state,” Maguire commented. “The corporate media’s partisan and narrow focus on myths on the Right has clearly given Democrats and [their] allies a pass on their own falsehoods.”
The online WPA survey also found that 22% of Democrats agreed with the statement, “Some men can get pregnant,” The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-1-in-4-democratic-voters-believe-men-can-get-pregnant-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The percentage rose when only including women, and a whopping 36% of white, college-educated female Democrats concurred.

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Poll: Most CNN, MSNBC Viewers Say ‘Disinformation’ Causing Hispanics To Vote Republican

More Than Half Of CNN, MSNBC Viewers Say 'Disinformation' Causing Hispanics To Vote Republican, According To New Poll

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Independent journalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/glenn-greenwald" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glenn Greenwald</a> laid out a damning thread outlining what he called the &#8220;regime of censorship&#8221; — which he said was largely supported by Democrats in Washington, &#8220;disinformation experts,&#8221; and several others.
Greenwald initially raised the alarm and left <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-our-reality-glenn-greenwald-blows-up-medias-collusion-to-shield-hunter-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Intercept</a> — the outlet he cofounded — when he was asked to sanitize an article he was writing about then-candidate Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and their past dealings with both China and Ukraine. And in the months since, he has been vocal about coordinated attempts within corporate media to shield Biden and other Democrats from criticism.
&#8220;The regime of censorship being imposed on the internet – by a consortium of DC Dems, billionaire-funded &#8216;disinformation experts,&#8217; the US Security State, and liberal employees of media corporations – is dangerously intensifying in ways I believe are not adequately understood,&#8221; Greenwald said on Tuesday to kick off his thread.
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A series of &quot;crises&quot; have been cynically and aggressively exploited to inexorably restrict the range of permitted views, and expand pretexts for online silencing and deplatforming. Trump&#39;s election, Russiagate, 1/6, COVID and war in Ukraine all fostered new methods of repression. <a href="https://t.co/RXIbcMhiiD">pic.twitter.com/RXIbcMhiiD</a>
&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1567291009016496130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;A series of &#8216;crises&#8217; have been cynically and aggressively exploited to inexorably restrict the range of permitted views, and expand pretexts for online silencing and deplatforming,&#8221; Greenwald continued, noting that chief among those crises were: &#8220;Trump&#8217;s election, Russiagate, 1/6, COVID and war in Ukraine.”
According to Greenwald, what each of those crises had in common was that they &#8220;all fostered new methods of repression.&#8221;
Greenwald then pivoted to address the failed attempts to get popular podcaster Joe Rogan <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/stop-using-african-americans-to-do-your-dirty-work-tyrus-lets-woke-critics-have-it-over-joe-rogan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">canceled</a> — for his comments about COVID and potential therapeutics first, and when that didn&#8217;t work, for previous statements that were later deemed offensive.
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But that Rogan failure only strengthened their repressive campaigns. Dems routinely abuse their majoritarian power in DC to explicitly coerce Big Tech silencing of their opponents and dissent. This is *Govt censorship* disguised as corporate autonomy. <a href="https://t.co/7s5uY175HZ">https://t.co/7s5uY175HZ</a>
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&#8220;But that Rogan failure only strengthened their repressive campaigns,&#8221; Greenwald observed. &#8220;Dems routinely abuse their majoritarian power in DC to explicitly coerce Big Tech silencing of their opponents and dissent. This is *Govt censorship* disguised as corporate autonomy.&#8221;
Greenwald went on to say that the move to promote censorship had created a whole new industry — and he called out those he referred to as the worst offenders: &#8220;The worst, most vile arm of this regime are the censorship-mad liberal employees of big media corporations.&#8221;
Among those he named were CNN&#8217;s Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny and Libs of TikTok nemesis Taylor Lorenz.
&#8220;It is astonishing to watch Dems and their allies in media corporations posture as opponents of &#8216;fascism&#8217; &#8211; while their main goal is to *unite state and corporate power* to censor their critics and degrade the internet into an increasingly repressive weapon of information control,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1567292204833439745" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
&#8220;A major myth that must be quickly dismantled: political censorship is not the by-product of autonomous choices of Big Tech companies. This is happening because DC Dems and the US Security State are threatening reprisals if they refuse,&#8221; Greenwald continued, adding, &#8220;The worst is watching people whose job title in corporate HR Departments is &#8216;journalist&#8217; take the lead in agitating for censorship. They exploit the platforms of corporate giants to pioneer increasingly dangerous means of banning dissenters. *These* are the authoritarians.&#8221;
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But the worst is watching people whose job title in corporate HR Departments is &quot;journalist&quot; take the lead in agitating for censorship. They exploit the platforms of corporate giants to pioneer increasingly dangerous means of banning dissenters. *These* are the authoritarians. <a href="https://t.co/Ru6oGtIrFb">pic.twitter.com/Ru6oGtIrFb</a>
&mdash; Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1567292900312064000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is the frog-in-boiling-water problem: the increase in censorship is gradual but continuous, preventing recognition of how severe it&#8217;s become,&#8221; Greenwald observed, listing several <a href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1567293323336978432" target="_blank" rel="noopener">examples</a> of censorship like the European Union banning Russian news updates outright — and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau freezing the bank accounts of truckers who dared to oppose his vaccine mandates.
&#8220;All of this stems from the classic mentality of all would-be tyrants: our enemies are so dangerous, their views so threatening, that everything we do – lying, repression, censorship – is noble,&#8221; Greenwald said, referencing author <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/author-admits-hed-ignore-hunter-biden-having-corpses-of-children-in-his-basement-to-keep-trump-from-winning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sam Harris&#8217;</a> recent interview claiming that any extreme could be rationalized if it helped to keep former President Donald Trump out of power. &#8220;That&#8217;s what made the Sam Harris confession so vital: that&#8217;s how liberal elites think.&#8221;
After several more tweets decrying the betrayal of &#8220;journalists&#8221; who would position themselves as gatekeepers rather than truth-tellers, Greenwald concluded: &#8220;Heap scorn on the corporate outlets and their deceitful, pro-censorship employees abusing the &#8216;journalist&#8217; label. Read them with full skepticism, or just ignore them. Support outlets and platforms that want to protect free inquiry and the right of dissent, not rob you of it.&#8221;

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Glenn Greenwald Unravels Democrat-Sponsored ‘Regime Of Censorship’ In Damning Thread

Glenn Greenwald Unravels Democrat-Sponsored 'Regime Of Censorship' In Damning Thread

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Disgraced left-wing journalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dan-rather" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dan Rather</a> was mocked online late this week after panicking over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> cutting some of its most extreme left-wing voices from the network.
&#8220;What is going on at CNN? It’s a serious question,&#8221; Rather tweeted. &#8220;There is a lot of speculation on directives and motives. What’s really going on? And is it being noticed by the audience?&#8221;
Rather&#8217;s tweet comes after CNN <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-white-house-correspondent-john-harwood-out-at-network">parted</a> ways with hard-left White House Correspondent John Harwood this week following hyper-partisan remarks from Harwood, including a tweet in which Harwood claimed, &#8220;Biden&#8217;s assertion that Trump and extremist Republicans pose a threat to American democracy is, undeniably, true.&#8221;
Harwood’s departure comes weeks after former CNN “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter recorded his last show and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-brian-stelter-out-at-cnn-after-network-cancels-his-show" rel="noopener">exited</a> the network. Stelter’s exit reportedly came at the behest of CNN chief Chris Licht, who took over the network in February after Jeff Zucker’s exit. Licht has reportedly been driving CNN toward adopting a more nonpartisan stance in its news coverage.
Rather&#8217;s tweet was mocked online, including by Red State writer Jeff Charles, who responded, &#8220;Seeing lefties melt down over CNN&#8217;s pivot away from being a full-on propaganda mill for the Democratic Party is delicious.&#8221;
&#8220;Dan Rather thinks CNN has an audience,&#8221; radio host Joe Pags Pagliarulo tweeted. &#8220;That&#8217;s cute, Dan.&#8221;
&#8220;Methinks Dan’s guest spots on said network have expired,&#8221; Fox News media analyst Joe Concha responded.
Rather&#8217;s tweet did garner some support online, including from leftist Ameshia Cross, who claimed that CNN was &#8220;dying a shameful death.&#8221;
&#8220;They used to be a valid source,&#8221; she claimed. &#8220;I grew up on the network. Today I&#8217;m ashamed of what they&#8217;ve become. And this weird pivot Right attacking Biden&#8217;s speech is the nail in their coffin. With few exception they sound Fox lite w/o the Fox viewership.&#8221;
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CNN is dying a shameful death. They used to be a valid source. I grew up on the network. Today I&#39;m ashamed of what they&#39;ve become. And this weird pivot Right attacking Biden&#39;s speech is the nail in their coffin. With few exception they sound Fox lite w/o the Fox viewership <a href="https://t.co/wCrEmso2uy">https://t.co/wCrEmso2uy</a>
&mdash; Ameshia Cross (@AmeshiaCross) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmeshiaCross/status/1565883517250191360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 3, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Rather was fired from CBS News in 2004 over false claims that were made about then-President George W. Bush’s National Guard service during a &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; episode.
&#8220;The fact is that basic journalistic steps were not carried out in a manner consistent with accurate and fair reporting, leading to countless misstatements and omissions in the reporting by 60 Minutes Wednesday and CBS News,&#8221; a panel appointed by CBS News <a href="https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-te.to.cbs11jan11-story.html">said</a> in a scathing 224-page report about the episode.
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dan-rather-mocks-lets-go-brandon-meme-cites-truth-social-media-bashes-him-with-his-own-record">Dan Rather Mocks ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Meme, Cites ‘Truth.’ Social Media Bashes Him With His Own Record.</a>

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Dan Rather Panics After CNN Continues To Fire Far-Left Employees, Gets Slammed Online

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Arizona Republican Senate candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/blake-masters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blake Masters</a> doubled down on his criticism of President Joe Biden’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diversity</a> hires on Monday after left-wing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/legacy-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">media outlets</a> misrepresented his earlier remarks.
After the Associated Press <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-blast-associated-press-for-highlighting-diverse-federal-reserve-leadership-while-economy-flounders">published</a> an article lauding diverse leadership at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/federal-reserve" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Reserve</a>, Masters sarcastically commented on social media, “Finally a compelling explanation for why our economy is doing so well.” Various media outlets — including <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/senate-gop-candidate-blake-masters-suggests-diversity-federal-reserve-rcna45389">NBC News</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/us/politics/blake-masters-fed-economy.html">The New York Times</a>, and <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/blake-masters-suggests-female-black-gay-officials-hurting-us-economy-1737679">Newsweek</a> — suggested that Masters was merely blaming sexual and ethnic diversity at the central bank for the dismal state of the economy rather than making a broader point about the dangers of hiring people for reasons divorced from skill.
Masters, a venture capitalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thiel-backed-blake-masters-wins-arizona-gop-primary-for-u-s-senate">backed</a> by conservative entrepreneur and PayPal founder Peter Thiel, said in a video posted on social media that race and gender quotas for hiring are “unjust” and “illegal.”
“I don’t care if every single employee at the Fed is a black lesbian as long as they’re hired for their competence — not because of what they look like or who they sleep with,” Masters <a href="https://twitter.com/bgmasters/status/1564377775674368003">said</a>. “News for Joe Biden — we are done with this affirmative action regime. I can’t think of a single policy since the end of Jim Crow that’s been worse or more divisive for race relations in this country.”
Biden has emphasized a “total transformation of government” centered upon diversity, equity, and inclusion — a policy that has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-unleashes-total-transformation-of-government-with-equity-action-plans">impacted</a> multiple appointment decisions. Masters noted that such priorities have led to officials such as Vice President Kamala Harris — who is “so incompetent she can’t even get a sentence out” — ascending to the highest levels of government.
“The Democrats are addicted to this kind of ‘identity politics’ garbage. They just care about how you look — not whether you’re the best qualified or whether you can do the best job,” Masters said. “There are real costs to this.”
Indeed, the United States met the rule-of-thumb definition of a recession — two consecutive quarters of negative growth — last month as the economy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-economy-shrinks-in-the-first-part-of-2022">shrank</a> at a 1.5% annualized rate in the first quarter and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-in-a-recession-after-second-straight-quarter-of-negative-growth">contracted</a> at a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/revision-shows-mild-us-economic-contraction-second-quarter-2022-08-25/">0.6%</a> pace in the second quarter. Year-over-year inflation reached 8.5% in July 2022, according to the <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a>, with a slight moderation from the 9.1% reading in the previous month <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-starts-victory-lap-amid-slightly-less-dismal-inflation-reading">driven</a> by lower energy prices — even as costs for food, new vehicles, medical care, and shelter continue to rise.
Despite the nation’s economic woes, the Associated Press praised the ascension of three women and three African-Americans to the 19-member committee at the Federal Reserve charged with determining interest rate policies.
“There are more female, Black and openly gay officials contributing to the central bank’s interest-rate decisions than at any time in its 109-year history,” the outlet reported. “Many are also far less wealthy than the officials they have replaced. Over time, economists say, a wider range of voices will deepen the Fed’s perspective as it weighs the consequences of raising or lowering rates. It may also help diversify a profession that historically hasn’t been seen as particularly welcoming to women and minorities.”

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‘I Don’t Care If Every Single Employee At The Fed Is A Black Lesbian’: Arizona Senate Candidate Blake Masters Flays Biden Over Diversity Hires

Arizona Senate Candidate Blake Masters Rejects Biden's Emphasis On Diversity Hires

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As <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prices at the pump</a> remain 64% higher than those at the time of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> Business’ front page was emblazoned with the headline: “America got a raise.”
The national average price of gasoline was $2.38 per gallon when President Joe Biden assumed office, according to the <a href="https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&amp;s=EMM_EPMR_PTE_NUS_DPG&amp;f=W">Energy Information Administration</a>, and increased to $3.53 per gallon by the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prices surpassed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gas-prices">$5.00 per gallon</a> in early June before subsiding to $3.92 per gallon as of Friday, according to <a href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/">AAA</a>.
However, CNN Business senior writer Chris Isidore <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/energy/gas-prices-savings/index.html">lauded</a> the decline in gas prices without mentioning that costs remain highly elevated from the level seen less than two years ago.
“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.”
Isidore deduced that American households, which consume roughly 90 gallons of gas per month, are saving approximately $99 as gas prices fall $1.10 from their peak in June. However, Americans are truly losing $139 per month in light of gas prices remaining $1.54 higher since the beginning of the Biden administration.
“The impact of the extra cash could be a substantial boost to an economy that is showing signs of consumers pulling back on purchasing nonessential items, such as clothing, electronics and household goods,” Isidore continued. “No economic metric is more prevalent in public consciousness than the cost of gasoline, with signs on so many street corners advertising those prices.”
Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi told Isidore that there is a “50-50 chance” that the economy will enter a recession within “the next year to 18 months,” even though he recently took a more optimistic forecast “because of falling gas prices.”
“Lower diesel prices bring down the cost of transportation for all goods, including food,” Zandi explained. “If you add in the indirect benefits, it’s real money.”
Yet Isidore fails to mention that the United States met the technical definition of a recession last month as the economy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-economy-shrinks-in-the-first-part-of-2022">shrank</a> at a 1.5% annualized rate in the first quarter and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-in-a-recession-after-second-straight-quarter-of-negative-growth">contracted</a> at a 0.9% pace in the second quarter. Indeed, multiple White House officials likewise contended that the rule-of-thumb definition of a recession — two consecutive quarters of negative output growth — was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/consumer-sentiment-plummets-to-lowest-level-since-1950s">insufficient</a> to cast doubt on the state of the economy under Biden.
Meanwhile, senior members of the Biden administration have claimed that higher fuel prices have the silver lining of prompting more Americans to consume renewable energy.
“The real truth is that as long as our nation remains overly reliant on oil and fossil fuels, we will feel these price shocks again,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/energy-secretary-lays-out-the-only-way-to-avoid-high-gas-prices-and-its-not-producing-more-oil">said</a> in June. “This is not going to be the last time. The next time there’s a war, the next time there’s a pandemic or another hurricane, these extreme weather events we are experiencing — they will impact the access that we have to fossil fuels.”

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Gas Prices Are $1.50 Higher Since Biden Took Office. CNN Business: ‘America Got A Raise’

CNN Business Claims America 'Got A Raise' Thanks To Falling Gas Prices

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/babylon-bee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Babylon Bee</a> offered CNN&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-stelter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Stelter</a> a job Thursday afternoon after the network <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-brian-stelter-out-at-cnn-after-network-cancels-his-show">announced</a> that it was cutting Stelter&#8217;s show &#8220;Reliable Sources&#8221; after this weekend&#8217;s upcoming broadcast.
New CNN chief Chris Licht reportedly informed Stelter of the decision to cancel his show, “Reliable Sources,” yesterday. Licht <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/06/07/cnn-evaluating-partisan-talent-chris-licht">started</a> to evaluate the hyper-partisan so-called “talent” at the network shortly after he joined CNN as he <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/02/26/cnn-chris-licht-liberal-partisanship">aimed</a> to dial down the extreme partisanship that has plagued the network in recent years.
“CNN will end its Reliable Sources program on Sunday, August 21st,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement. “As a result Brian Stelter will leave the company. We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors.”
Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon quickly extended an offer to Stelter on social media, tweeting at Stelter: &#8220;Hey @brianstelter, would you be interested in working for the Bee?&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re looking for talent with experience putting out funny fake news,&#8221; Dillon continued. &#8220;You come highly recommended. Shoot me a DM if you&#8217;re interested!&#8221;
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Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brianstelter</a>, would you be interested in working for the Bee? We&#39;re looking for talent with experience putting out funny fake news. You come highly recommended. Shoot me a DM if you&#39;re interested!
&mdash; Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1560330245915512838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Dillon was not the only one to offer Stelter a job following his ouster from the network.
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld tweeted at Stelter: &#8220;Yo @brianstelter &#8211; my show is hiring.&#8221;
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Yo <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@brianstelter</a> &#8211; my show is hiring.
&mdash; GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) <a href="https://twitter.com/greggutfeld/status/1560320905863127040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Stelter <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118197553/brian-stelter-cnn-canceled-show">said</a> in a statement that it was a “rare privilege” to lead a show that examined what he claimed was the “truth.”
The network <a href="https://twitter.com/claireatki/status/1560322736542650369">reportedly</a> laid off the show’s entire staff. Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/brian-stelter-out-cnn-network-cancels-media-show-reliable-sources">reported</a> that CNN’s Oliver Darcy will remain at the network to lead the “Reliable Sources” newsletter.
News of Stelter’s ouster from the network sparked a wide range of comments mocking him, with many saying that he had a toxic impact on the news industry.
“Brian Stelter was the most contemptible, vapid, and unbearably smug news-tv character of the past two decades. Good riddance,” Washington Examiner columnist Harry Khachatrian wrote on Twitter. “His departure has ameliorated cable news.”
“Everyone’s dunking on Brian Stelter since his show got canceled, but I honestly feel really bad for his fan,” conservative political commentator Allie Beth Stuckey said.
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Monica Crowley tweeted, “Brian Stelter AND Liz Cheney getting canned the same week is like Christmas, Mardi Gras and Independence Day all at the same time.”
“Goodbye @brianstelter you’re a garbage guy and I hope you never work in journalism again,” Comfortably Smug, a popular conservative Twitter account, wrote on social media.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brian-stelter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Stelter</a> was mocked online Thursday after news broke that the network was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-brian-stelter-out-at-cnn-after-network-cancels-his-show">canceling</a> his low-rated hyper-partisan news program.
Stelter, who will host his final episode on Sunday, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118197553/brian-stelter-cnn-canceled-show" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement that it was a “rare privilege” to lead a show that examined what he claimed was the “truth.”
“CNN will end its &#8216;Reliable Sources&#8217; program on Sunday, August 21st,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement. “As a result Brian Stelter will leave the company. We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors.”
New CNN chief Chris Licht reportedly informed Stelter of the decision to cancel his show, “Reliable Sources,” yesterday. Licht <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/06/07/cnn-evaluating-partisan-talent-chris-licht">started</a> to evaluate the hyper-partisan “talent” at the network shortly after he joined CNN as he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-might-dump-overtly-partisan-talent-report">aimed</a> to dial down the extreme partisanship that has plagued the network in recent years.
News of Stelter&#8217;s ouster from the network sparked a wide range of comments mocking him, with many saying that he had a toxic impact on the news industry.
&#8220;Brian Stelter was the most contemptible, vapid, and unbearably smug news-tv character of the past two decades. Good riddance,&#8221; Washington Examiner columnist Harry Khachatrian <a href="https://twitter.com/Harry1T6/status/1560346645023399942">wrote</a> on Twitter. &#8220;His departure has ameliorated cable news.&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone’s dunking on Brian Stelter since his show got canceled, but I honestly feel really bad for his fan,&#8221; conservative political commentator Allie Beth Stuckey <a href="https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1560330756068630534">said</a>.
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Monica Crowley <a href="https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley/status/1560330682118840322">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Brian Stelter AND Liz Cheney getting canned the same week is like Christmas, Mardi Gras and Independence Day all at the same time.&#8221;
&#8220;Goodbye @brianstelter you&#8217;re a garbage guy and I hope you never work in journalism again,&#8221; Comfortably Smug, a popular conservative Twitter account, <a href="https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1560319690030841859">wrote</a> on social media.
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&quot;They fired Stelter? Wow. I didn&#39;t, I&#39;m just finding this out for the first time.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/7ILfYl3jt7">pic.twitter.com/7ILfYl3jt7</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1560319807542607872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Soon… <a href="https://t.co/Ucdej6hD2h">pic.twitter.com/Ucdej6hD2h</a>
— The Right To Bear Memes (@grandoldmemes) <a href="https://twitter.com/grandoldmemes/status/1560343875105046528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;Brian Stelter was the product of a new paradigm in American media, where journalists see themselves as a prestigious guild with a specific set of class interests,&#8221; National Review writer Nate Hochman <a href="https://twitter.com/njhochman/status/1560344039362220033">tweeted</a>. &#8220;His job was to defend his guild, no matter what — even if it came at the cost of the truth.&#8221;
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