The doom and gloom media ignores the economic good news

Jack Hellner:
USA Today, along with other media outlets attacking Trump's trade and tariff policies on a continuing basis, wants to convince us how bad they are for the economy.  On Thursday, the paper ran a headline talking about how Trump may make breathing more expensive, since Trump has proposed a possible $20 billion in tariffs on China imports this week.
I wonder if the paper even had a second thought about the headline – "Tax Oxygen? Could happen as Trump threatens wide ranging tariffs on China" – since the paper supported a carbon tax for years, saying how much harm CO2 (a clear, innocuous, non-pollutant gas) causes and knowing that humans breathe out a lot of CO2.
A few headlines that the USA Today could have used this week instead of the oxygen headline:
  • Dow Jones up 400 points this week despite potential tariffs
  • Tech stocks hit a record high on Thursday
  • Pfizer reverses some price increases after pressure from Trump
  • Saudi Arabia ups oil production, possibly in response to Trump, taking some pressure off oil prices
Instead of reporting the good news on the economy, the media choose to attack Trump on a daily basis.
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As far as trade, we are told that Trump's policies are harming exporting companies, but the actual government statistics show that exports have grown 8.8% for the first five months of 2018 vs. 2017.  If exports are growing more than double the overall rate of the growth of the economy, what exactly do the journalists, experts, and economists use to justify saying the policies have slowed economic growth?  There is evidence that well paying manufacturing jobs have increased.  What actual statistics show that exporters have lost business?
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There is more.

Trump's tariff policies to have some risk, but rather than engage in a conversation about the risk and the upside, the media immediately moves to doom and gloom.  There is no discussion of any viable alternative to reduce tariff's on US goods and breakdown protectionist policies of other countries.  That would be a conversation that would lead to a better understanding.

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