# The Washington Post: Democracy Dies With Us **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 25, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210 "2024-10-25T17:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 59
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210/59 "2024-10-25T22:55:18Z")
I see that Fox News has an article about how **[newspaper endorsements have been declining over the years](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-fewer-newspapers-endorsing-harris-than-backed-clinton-biden)**. The point of the article is not exactly clear, though they seem happy about it, pointing out that most newspapers have tended to endorse Democrats. But I also note with some amusement that Fox News, because they are after all Fox News, have taken the opportunity for no particular reason to insert a completely irrelevant infographic into that article showing how badly Joe Biden has wrecked the economy by graphically illustrating how much the price of milk, bread, eggs, and gas **in California** has gone up since February, 2020. Apparently this is all due to Dark Brandon™ manipulating the price of milk, bread, eggs, and gas for nefarious purposes. How and why Dark Brandon™ does this is not explained. Some of those cherry-picked price increases may or may not be true, but the accurate bigger picture is completely different and exposes the usual Fox lies in support of Trump. In fact, after a minor uptick in the summer of 2022 (and a big uptick in energy prices) the US Consumer Price Index **[is nearly where it was in Fox’s own benchmark date of Feb 2020](https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/consumer-prices-up-2-4-percent-from-september-2023-to-september-2024.htm)** (and energy prices are actually about 10% **lower** ). The higher gas prices in California are mainly due to a combination of state-level clean energy requirements and refinery production issues. Of course no CPI increases would ever happen in a Trump administration because it would be entirely focused on a Reign of Terror seeking retribution against his perceived enemies. The economy would be left to its own devices and any unfavourable price trends would simply be corrected with a Sharpie. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-washington-post-democracy-dies-with-us/1009210)._