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Economy

Bernardo de La Paz

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1. Mainstream media panders to populace's ignorance and highlights the price-weighted Dow

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Apr 13, 2025, 07:46 PM

Apr 13

If they focused first on S&P 500, they would raise the intelligence and knowledge of their viewers/readers. But of course the readers/viewers are not the customer. They are the product. Advertisers are the customers.

Hence slapdash slack coverage of Biden then Harris then tRump.

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Dow Jones Futures Rise After Big Trump Tariff News For Apple, Techs [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 13 OP

Mainstream media panders to populace's ignorance and highlights the price-weighted Dow Bernardo de La Paz Apr 13 #1

Dump and pump cycle is finished. Rinse and repeat in a few weeks. bucolic_frolic Apr 13 #2