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July 10th 2011 22:06
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Why do major newspaper leave out the parts about free trade, globalization and the trade deficit in their reporting
Letters to the Editor sent to WASHINGTON TIMES - Washington ...
Letter to Editor Link
( The newspaper in my city leaves out the part about free trade, globalization and the trade deficit when they are collecting their data. We sent this letter to the Washington Times since the reporter related to this post is the Plain Dealer Washington Bureua Chief and we know our own newspaper most likely will not publish this letter .
The News by omission
Dear Editor:
Politifact Ohio is a service newspapers like the Cleveland Plain Dealer use to sort out facts as being true or false. It actually clouds the issues of our times by leaving out measurements. It is obvious the editorial boards of major newspapers like The Cleveland Plain Dealer are promoting free trade and globalization. They spread irregular data accordingly. Steven Koff, Plain Dealer Washington Bureau Chief does it on a regular basis. His data is not complete and does not include the issues of free trade and the trade deficit which are very important in any economic analysis.
Everyone should also question any data when it is compared to the past. When Polifact compares data back to the 1948 as it does in Koff's report, it does not compute. In computers, we call it garbage in and garbage out. The unemployment figures do not add up related to the past when full time workers based on a forty hour week were primarily counted in unemployment statistics. Today only about 38 percent of all workers, qualify for unemployment insurance. This means that more than 60 percent are missing in action related to any real reporting. Back in the past, it would be laughable to count a single mother making only a $100 a month as employed. In that time the amount would only be $10 a month. Back then when a mother had to find a job it made news in neighborhood. If there were latch-key children home alone raising themselves because both parents were working, it too would make big news in the neighborhood. Today it is taken for granted. The same applies to home being put up for sale or someone's house being foreclosed.
Since so much is not the same, it is impossible to measure comparisons from the past. Also back then free trade was not practiced and there was virtually no trade deficit. Respected political commentators and expert economists tell us that the trade deficit means a loss of about $50,000 for every family in the USA. How can any Politfact ratings leave all of this out of the equation.
Just because some government agency says this or that is the best way to measure our economy does not make it true. In fact, this is when everyone should be alerted that something is fishy. Also when only the GDP is used for measurement, alot is left out of the picture. GDP measures only the output factors of production within the borders of a country. With free trade this leaves out alot of economic sins. Expert economists tell us that the GNP is more accurate. It measure the output of a nation's factors of production regardless of where the factors are located. The trade deficit would be counted as a horrendous loss in any measurements within the GNP.
A working poor class has been created in the USA and vast underclass in many other nations. Yet all this is ignored in any reporting of our economy. Many are living in a silent depression that remains silent no matter who says what. The unemployment reporting should be rated as garbage.
In the end of the sorting out all the facts, Steven Koff says everything depends on what economic measurement you want to take as the final conclusion, However, he neglects to mention real world things like free trade, globalization and the trade deficit as being a necessary part in sorting out the facts.
Why do major newspaper leave out the parts about free trade, globalization and the trade deficit in their reporting
Letters to the Editor sent to WASHINGTON TIMES - Washington ...
Letter to Editor Link
( The newspaper in my city leaves out the part about free trade, globalization and the trade deficit when they are collecting their data. We sent this letter to the Washington Times since the reporter related to this post is the Plain Dealer Washington Bureua Chief and we know our own newspaper most likely will not publish this letter .
The News by omission
Dear Editor:
Politifact Ohio is a service newspapers like the Cleveland Plain Dealer use to sort out facts as being true or false. It actually clouds the issues of our times by leaving out measurements. It is obvious the editorial boards of major newspapers like The Cleveland Plain Dealer are promoting free trade and globalization. They spread irregular data accordingly. Steven Koff, Plain Dealer Washington Bureau Chief does it on a regular basis. His data is not complete and does not include the issues of free trade and the trade deficit which are very important in any economic analysis.
Everyone should also question any data when it is compared to the past. When Polifact compares data back to the 1948 as it does in Koff's report, it does not compute. In computers, we call it garbage in and garbage out. The unemployment figures do not add up related to the past when full time workers based on a forty hour week were primarily counted in unemployment statistics. Today only about 38 percent of all workers, qualify for unemployment insurance. This means that more than 60 percent are missing in action related to any real reporting. Back in the past, it would be laughable to count a single mother making only a $100 a month as employed. In that time the amount would only be $10 a month. Back then when a mother had to find a job it made news in neighborhood. If there were latch-key children home alone raising themselves because both parents were working, it too would make big news in the neighborhood. Today it is taken for granted. The same applies to home being put up for sale or someone's house being foreclosed.
Since so much is not the same, it is impossible to measure comparisons from the past. Also back then free trade was not practiced and there was virtually no trade deficit. Respected political commentators and expert economists tell us that the trade deficit means a loss of about $50,000 for every family in the USA. How can any Politfact ratings leave all of this out of the equation.
Just because some government agency says this or that is the best way to measure our economy does not make it true. In fact, this is when everyone should be alerted that something is fishy. Also when only the GDP is used for measurement, alot is left out of the picture. GDP measures only the output factors of production within the borders of a country. With free trade this leaves out alot of economic sins. Expert economists tell us that the GNP is more accurate. It measure the output of a nation's factors of production regardless of where the factors are located. The trade deficit would be counted as a horrendous loss in any measurements within the GNP.
A working poor class has been created in the USA and vast underclass in many other nations. Yet all this is ignored in any reporting of our economy. Many are living in a silent depression that remains silent no matter who says what. The unemployment reporting should be rated as garbage.
In the end of the sorting out all the facts, Steven Koff says everything depends on what economic measurement you want to take as the final conclusion, However, he neglects to mention real world things like free trade, globalization and the trade deficit as being a necessary part in sorting out the facts.
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