Posted on 04/02/2022 8:43:52 AM PDT by blam
How are food prices being covered on television news?
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The timeline below shows total mentions of food prices across CNN, MSNBC and Fox News over the past decade, showing that mentions largely faded in 2014, before rising again in late 2019 to 2020 and surging around May 2021.
Fox News has mentioned food prices almost as much as CNN and MSNBC combined over the past decade.
Personality-driven shows dominate mentions of food prices.
Looking just since the start of the pandemic, food prices receive a burst of attention from late February to mid-May 2020 as the initial wave of lockdowns and restrictions raised questions of food access. Mentions surged again in May 2021 and have remained elevated since.
Over the course of the pandemic, Fox News has led mentions of food prices.
Looking at the total seconds of airtime in which food prices were mentioned in the onscreen text since the start of the pandemic, Fox News leads with 26 hours, followed by CNN’s 12 hours and MSNBC’s 7 hours.
Looking at business channel mentions since the start of the pandemic, Fox Business leads, with Bloomberg and CNBC roughly equal.
Why even ask? Of course not. The USA has a highly political state-run media.
How are they being covered? Moving blanket? Then again, we don’t watch any of the networks so no clue. But, knowing how the are, things are rosy and everybody is prospering with no issues. Oh, and branDUHn is doing an incredible job considering the mess left by the previous administration.
Have not noticed on my local news.
How is it that last year at this time there was no fertilizer problem, glyphosate was $60 a jug and not $190, food shortages were not mentioned and things were sort of normal save for all the rona rage?
Like we don’t know the answer to that already.
Dairy products are near or past expiration dates in the coolers. The salmon in the foam cooler box is already at the sell by date before they even put it out. (I know because I buy the whole box with the sell by date from the supplier because I brine and smoke it)
Whole bags of onions, potatoes, oranges, lemons, etc...are already being fouled by rotten ones inside the same day they are put out for sale.
You should see how much Kroger throws away from the bakery department - 5 gallon plastic buckets of cake and cookie dough - just tossed out with the trash
I have several white 5 gallon plastic buckets I picked up from behind my local Kroger - the waste makes you sick - I can’t believe a local pig farmer can’t use all of this wasted food.
There are some relatively reasonable deals to be found on steaks and roasts, sometimes hamburger and chicken. The best strategy is to go during the week, middle of the day if possible, because they run out quickly.
It also helps to have some flexibility with what you'll cook that evening or a little room in the freezer.
The downside is that the produce is just awful. For that, we use a lot of storebrand frozen veggies and supplement with what we can at a farmer's stand, which I prefer anyway.
Good lettuce is a rarity, so our salads have been cole-slaw and spinach salads much more than usual.
Us kids were instructed on how to dispose of our left-over food, napkins silverware and trays. Smooth operation.
Also, our lunch ladies actually COOKED rather than reheat processed frozen garbage. And school lunch was really good.
And we could go back for seconds on veggies. Sometimes, not too often, for a bit more of the meat entree. Never, though, for those rolls they made - those were heaven!
I went to that same school for 12 years. Small rural town, knew everyone.
My friend, who makes plenty of money, complained last week about food prices. I told her it was because oil prices are so high and climbing. Everything gets trucked in.
Grocery Outlet is your friend. They have stores in many cities, just google it and see whether you have one within reasonable driving distance.
I have a Grocery Outlet near my house. Two of them, actually. Their prices are always lower than other stores and they carry nice things too if you take time to really look. Grass-fed hamburger in 1-pound packages $2 less than in stores. Bag of little red organic potatoes, #2 less than stores. Really excellent frozen organic veggies, also terrific. A few weeks ago, I got a pound of ground coffee for $5.95 as good as the stuff I grind myself at local super for $8.95.
(without feeding him the answer beforehand)
Me too. I’ve shifted to Asian salads with cabbage, carrot, greens like kale, endive, mustard, etc....
Puree carrot, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, and soy sauce as dressing. Once your ummy adjusts to rew cabbage its good.
I don’t need anyone telling me about high food prices I see them everytime I shop.
What I do see is someone lying to me trying to convince me that it’s not happening.
FJB
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