"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Mainstream Media Warns America Will Be Facing An “Economic Hellscape” If The Government Shutdown Continues
"Is the mainstream media overhyping the economic impact of the government shutdown for political purposes? Of course they are. Once upon a time the mainstream media in the United States at least attempted to maintain a facade of objectivity, but those days are long gone. In this case, they want to stir up as much public resentment against President Trump as possible in order to try to force him to end the government shutdown. And when NBC News breathlessly declared that the U.S. 'would face an economic hellscape' if this shutdown stretches on for an extended period of time, their article quickly went viral all over the Internet. But will it really be 'an economic hellscape'?"
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