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The New DU. Reply #18: Oh, the NEWS part of it is spin, agreed
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magellan
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Tue May-02-06 12:28 AM
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| 18. Oh, the NEWS part of it is spin, agreed |
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No one in the media bothers explaining that you can't decide whether another country's better off than yours simply by figuring out how much your tank of gas would cost somewhere else. At US wages $2.00/gallon of gas would be a dream to most Americans now -- but if they had to earn those $2.00 in your economy they might find it a hardship! (Just like having to come up with $3.00/gallon is considered a hardship here, but not in the UK.) That's what I took pains to explain to my stepson this evening.
The media just tries to paint a happy face on everything. And the kids, well, they're happy go lucky and buy it.
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