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2024-01-27 07:55:21 UTC
CBS Mornings co-host Tony Dokoupil reported how he and his team couldnt
find anybody outside a New Hampshire grocery that was feeling good about
the economy.
While previewing an upcoming CBS News segment set to air on Sunday,
Dokoupil mentioned how people complained about higher food prices, despite
macro signs that the economy is improving.
The co-host claimed that President Biden continues to try and sell his
economic achievements aka Bidenomics ahead of the 2024 presidential
election.
While speaking to local New Hampshire CBS anchors, Dokoupil reported,
People are really bummed out about the economy here in New Hampshire.
Even if the overall big picture numbers are going in the right direction,
and even if peoples own personal experiences in general are going okay,
theres a lot of gloom.
Noting why, he said, Food prices, for example, are generally going up.
And we talked to a bunch of people outside of a grocery store in Derry,
New Hampshire we couldnt find anybody feeling good about the economy.
The anchor expressed that the negative view is just human nature,
adding, Psychologically, you go into a store, if youre paying more for
items that you get every week, that really sticks with you, it really
annoys you, it gets you down. People were upset about it.
He did note that locals are surviving, that they are making it despite
the higher prices, although they are annoyed.
Yeah, theyre making it. But are they bothered by the fact that frozen OJ
has gone up double digits and that steak on Fridays up double digits?
Absolutely. And thats really driving peoples perspective on things, he
declared.
Dokoupils comments previewed a CBS Evening News broadcast on Sunday
featuring footage of him talking to some of these locals.
In one interview, Dokoupil spoke to a local woman and tried to reassure
her of the fact that the government had brought the inflation rate down.
The woman laughed at the host and shook her head, replying, I dont know
what pocketbook theyre looking at, but it aint mine.
She also added she had to take a second job.
Dokoupil also spoke to another family, who explained to him that almost
every member works so that the family can make ends meet.
A young man in the family said, Six of us in the house. Five of us work.
You know, its like, if you go back, like, 30 years, two incomes would
have covered all of our expenses, probably.
Comments:
end mendacity
1 day ago
Yeah, inflation is no longer 9%, but it's still 3.4% compounded on top of
the 9%. The actual increase in prices since January 2021 is 13.2%. The
cost of groceries is up 20%. Apparently journalists don't do math - or
basic internet research.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/25/news/cbs-anchor-found-no-new-hampshirites-
that-feel-good-about-economy/
find anybody outside a New Hampshire grocery that was feeling good about
the economy.
While previewing an upcoming CBS News segment set to air on Sunday,
Dokoupil mentioned how people complained about higher food prices, despite
macro signs that the economy is improving.
The co-host claimed that President Biden continues to try and sell his
economic achievements aka Bidenomics ahead of the 2024 presidential
election.
While speaking to local New Hampshire CBS anchors, Dokoupil reported,
People are really bummed out about the economy here in New Hampshire.
Even if the overall big picture numbers are going in the right direction,
and even if peoples own personal experiences in general are going okay,
theres a lot of gloom.
Noting why, he said, Food prices, for example, are generally going up.
And we talked to a bunch of people outside of a grocery store in Derry,
New Hampshire we couldnt find anybody feeling good about the economy.
The anchor expressed that the negative view is just human nature,
adding, Psychologically, you go into a store, if youre paying more for
items that you get every week, that really sticks with you, it really
annoys you, it gets you down. People were upset about it.
He did note that locals are surviving, that they are making it despite
the higher prices, although they are annoyed.
Yeah, theyre making it. But are they bothered by the fact that frozen OJ
has gone up double digits and that steak on Fridays up double digits?
Absolutely. And thats really driving peoples perspective on things, he
declared.
Dokoupils comments previewed a CBS Evening News broadcast on Sunday
featuring footage of him talking to some of these locals.
In one interview, Dokoupil spoke to a local woman and tried to reassure
her of the fact that the government had brought the inflation rate down.
The woman laughed at the host and shook her head, replying, I dont know
what pocketbook theyre looking at, but it aint mine.
She also added she had to take a second job.
Dokoupil also spoke to another family, who explained to him that almost
every member works so that the family can make ends meet.
A young man in the family said, Six of us in the house. Five of us work.
You know, its like, if you go back, like, 30 years, two incomes would
have covered all of our expenses, probably.
Comments:
end mendacity
1 day ago
Yeah, inflation is no longer 9%, but it's still 3.4% compounded on top of
the 9%. The actual increase in prices since January 2021 is 13.2%. The
cost of groceries is up 20%. Apparently journalists don't do math - or
basic internet research.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/25/news/cbs-anchor-found-no-new-hampshirites-
that-feel-good-about-economy/