Judd Legum1. Tomorrow is Election Day and INFLATION has emerged as a dominant issue.
But voters aren't getting the full story on what's driving inflation from major media outlets
A major factor is being mostly ignored.
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2. Inflation is being covered primarily in POLITICAL terms, linked to decisions made by Biden.
A database search of 47 major US papers over the last month found 514 stories that mention inflation in proximity to Biden
3. An analysis by @[email protected], however, makes clear that corporate profits drove the majority of inflation from the start of the pandemic through the end of 2021
4. A search of the same database of 47 major U.S. newspapers over the last month reveals just eight articles that mention inflation in proximity to "corporate profits."
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