Media is still using economists who have been consistently wrong about the Trump policies

Jack Hellner:
On Thursday, there was a screaming headline on Drudge saying, "Doomsday." The article was from NBC News, and the source of the doomsday report was the ever reliable Mark Zandi of Moody's.

The purpose of the report was not to be objective news, because anyone with a brain knows that the shutdown will end soon. The purpose was to scare the public, tamp down economic growth, and destroy Trump.
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Zandi was always one of the "independent" economists who supported Obama. As Zandi was rooting actively against Trump and rooting for and donating to Hillary, CNN used Moody's as the source to attack Trump and his policies.

Zandi predicted that 3.5 million jobs would be lost and unemployment would go up 7% when Trump took office. He was 100% wrong. During Trump's first two years, there are around 4.8 million new jobs, and the current unemployment rate is 3.9%

Zandi said the policies would help only the super-rich and the rest of us would be worse off. Again, he was 100% wrong as all races, both sexes, people of all education levels, and all classes have been helped.

Why do the media continue to use the clearly partisan economist Mark Zandi, who has been 100% wrong on so much as an expert, and call him independent? The answer is because he provides them with garbage to attack Trump and Republican policies, which is also their goal.

How many times have the media yelled doomsday since 2016?

When they were supporting Hillary for president, they said the economy would collapse if Trump's policies took effect. They were 100% wrong.

On election night when Trump won, Paul Krugman and others said the stock market and the economy would collapse. They were 100% wrong.

When Trump was talking tough on North Korea, there were predictions of doom and World War III. They were 100% wrong, as Kim has started talking with South Korea and is not currently threatening Japan or other neighbors.

When Trump pulled out of the Iran agreement, we were told it would be a disaster. They were wrong, as deaths from terrorism worldwide were down in both 2017 and 2018. The media should have predicted doom when Obama built up the tyrants in the terrorist-sponsoring Iran that still pledges death to America and Israel, but instead, they ignorantly cheered.

When Trump threatened to pull out of NAFTA if we didn't get a better deal, we heard how bad that was. The predictions of doom were 100% wrong.

When Trump pulled out of the TPP, we were told that trade would be harmed. They were 100% wrong, as exports and imports are both up substantially since we pulled out.

When Trump slapped tariffs on China, we were told how harmful it would be to our economy and how inflationary the tariffs would be to the overall economy. The predictions of doom and inflation have been 100% wrong.

When Trump kept his word to move the embassy to Jerusalem, we were told how dangerous it would be. It appears the predictions of danger were 100% wrong.

When Trump and Republicans repealed the individual mandate penalty of Obamacare, we were told rates would skyrocket. The predictions were 100% wrong, as rates have stabilized. Isn't it amazing how freedom of choice and competition work?
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I think they are in a panic because Trump is proving so many of the things they believed to be wrong.  When they are found to be wrong, rather than admit it, many of them rachet up the hysteria and the media cohorts of liberalism amplify their misguided opinions.  When will intelligent people start noticing and pull back?  I fear they are too invested in their Trump hatred to recognize reality.

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