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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Sep 3, 2012, 01:05 PM Sep 2012

Are Americans Better Off Today Than They Were Four Years Ago

While the source is not clear, someone developed a simple way to identify incompetent news reporters. If you hear a reporter ask people in President Obama's administration, ideally in a belligerent tone, "are the American people better off than they were four years ago?,"the reporter is trying to tell you that they are not qualified to do their job.

The reason we know that the questioners are incompetent reporters is that this is a pointless question. Suppose your house is on fire and the firefighters race to the scene. They set up their hoses and start spraying water on the blaze as quickly as possible. After the fire is put out, the courageous news reporter on the scene asks the chief firefighter, "is the house in better shape than when you got here?"

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/qare-americans-better-off-today-than-they-were-four-years-agoq-the-questron-that-exposes-incompetent-reporters

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Are Americans Better Off Today Than They Were Four Years Ago (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2012 OP
Without a doubt. YES! Despite the drag of the Republican House, we have a better economy. The Wielding Truth Sep 2012 #1
We are doing FAR better than 4 years ago, -charts, graphs- mikekohr Sep 2012 #2
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