Credibility Gap

Paul Mirengoff @ Powerline makes an obersvation worth highlighting again and again. The MSM has an agenda to undermine the Bush Administration and the war effort in Iraq (look for a future post I'm working on about the LA Times). How else to explain this?

And just in case you think media bias is restricted to coverage of the Iraq War, check this out (subscription required).

During a quarter century of analyzing and forecasting the economy, I have never seen anything like this. No matter what happens, no matter what data are released, no matter which way markets move, a pall of pessimism hangs over the economy. It is amazing. Everything is negative. When bond yields rise, it is considered bad for the housing market and the consumer. But if bond yields fall and the yield curve narrows toward inversion, that is bad too, because an inverted yield curve could signal a recession.

If housing data weaken, as they did on Monday when existing home sales fell, well that is a sign of a bursting housing bubble. If housing data strengthen, as they did on Tuesday when new home sales rose, that is negative because the Fed may raise rates further. If foreigners buy our bonds, we are not saving for ourselves. If foreigners do not buy our bonds, interest rates could rise. If wages go up, inflation is
coming. If wages go down, the economy is in trouble.

(hat tip:Instapundit)