Left and Right Media Bias On Display in Economic Report
Posted on AllSides March 1st, 2019
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its quarterly report on gross domestic product Thursday morning, and media bias was apparent in the reports.
All media outlets agreed the U.S. economy grew by 2.9 percent in 2018, yet reporters from the Left and Right painted the numbers differently depending on their bias.
Both sides of the political aisle noted that the 2.9 percent figure fell just short of Trump’s goal of 3 percent, but the degree to which they emphasized this as a good or bad thing varied.