The Washington Post wants voters to believe that grocery stores, not President Joe Biden’s inflationary policies, are to blame for Americans’ continued concern about rising food prices.
For three years, the propaganda press joined the Biden administration in lying about the nation’s sticker shock. They claimed inflation, which hasn’t dropped below zero percent since Biden took office, is “cooling,” “falling,” and lightening voters’ financial loads.
It wasn’t until 2024, when President Joe Biden’s years-long poor performance started hurting his standing in national presidential polls, that corporate media started reporting on how perpetually high prices affect families at the grocery store.
“Inflation has fallen. Why are groceries still so expensive?” Washington Post authors Jeff Stein and Abha Bhattarai wondered in a headline on Friday.
The Washington Post considers “labor shortages” and “ongoing supply chain disruptions” due to prolonged government-mandated lockdowns, “droughts,” “avian flu,” and even Americans’ “demand for food” as culprits for expensive shopping trips.
“At the same time, demand for food — particularly meat, nuts and fresh produce — has remained elevated, as Americans splurge on higher-quality specialty goods and organic items, according to Thilmany, of Colorado State University. Households are generally allocating more to groceries than they were before the pandemic, even after accounting for inflation, in part because their buying habits have changed, she said,” the article states.
You read that right. According to the experts and the propaganda press outlets willing to amplify them, inflation is your fault.
During an appearance on MSNBC, Stein credited routine economic
