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Week After Reporting Economic Contraction, Reuters Claims Booming Economy Could Help Democrats
NewsBusters ^ | May 12, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 05/12/2014 9:15:46 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

Do Reuters writers even read Reuters?

One has to ask this question because just a week after Lucia Mutikani of Reuters reported that the paltry 0.1 percent economic growth for the first quarter would probably be revised to show a contraction, Richard Cowan also of Reuters declared that a "rising" U.S. economy could help Democrats. To get an idea of the absurdity of these wildly contrasting Reuters reports, let us first look at Cowan's happy look today at a non-existent economy that would help Democrats...if only it were true:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: democratshilling; economy; reuters
Democrat theme tune for this year's campaign should be "Make Believe" from "Showboat."
1 posted on 05/12/2014 9:15:46 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix

Conway Twitty - It’s Only Make Believe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpu_wSJOPTY


2 posted on 05/12/2014 9:18:39 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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“Richard Cowan also of Reuters declared that a “rising” U.S. economy could help Democrats.”

Yes, if the economy rises, it could help democrats. But it hasnt and it isn’t.


3 posted on 05/12/2014 9:20:55 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("Heck of a reset there, Hillary"S)
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LIke Obama, Clinton, Biden, Pelosi, Reid & all Democrats....Reuters lies!!! Panic is alive and well in both the Democrat Party & their lap dog “hate America” media!!! Yes,,,,Virginia....November, 2014 is coming fast!!!


4 posted on 05/12/2014 9:23:53 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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I suppose a rising economy COULD help the Dems. But, first you have to have a rising economy.


5 posted on 05/12/2014 9:25:08 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Coulda...Woulda...Shoulda...


6 posted on 05/12/2014 9:26:19 AM PDT by PJ-Comix (Boko Haram was enabled by Buku Huma)
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http://www.ibtimes.com/thomson-reuters-layoffs-loom-ceo-jim-smith-gets-heckled-insensitive-memo-1447876

flashback to last October


7 posted on 05/12/2014 9:26:29 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3154960/posts
http://nypost.com/2014/05/11/fewer-college-grads-will-have-jobs-lined-up-this-year/

“While members of the class of 2014 have some cause to celebrate . . . only 17 percent of these soon-to-be grads have a job lined up, according to AfterCollege Inc.”

I imagine it will be hard to sell big government liberalism to young voters who are unemployed and in debt or about to graduate and looking at the class a year and two years ahead of them, flipping burgers to pay their student loans.


8 posted on 05/12/2014 9:58:44 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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When ever looking at GDP, don’t forget they changed the formula in 2013.

“GDP Revisions Make Recovery Look Better, Recession Not as Bad”

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/07/31/gdp-revisions-make-recovery-look-better-recession-not-as-bad/


9 posted on 05/12/2014 10:07:34 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: PJ-Comix

Back on the plantation in no time...


10 posted on 05/12/2014 10:34:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (Want to keep your doctor? Remove your Democrat Senator. - - Freeper Balding_Eagle)
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