The problem is simple: news broadcasters treat people’s perception of the news as if it’s news. So people are continuously hearing that other people think that the economy is bad, and understandably then think “well if people think it’s bad it must be bad”. Stop doing that. Just report things like “inflation is down”, “employment is up”,…
The problem is simple: news broadcasters treat people’s perception of the news as if it’s news. So people are continuously hearing that other people think that the economy is bad, and understandably then think “well if people think it’s bad it must be bad”. Stop doing that. Just report things like “inflation is down”, “employment is up”, provide some context and analysis, and let listeners draw their own conclusions
The problem is simple: news broadcasters treat people’s perception of the news as if it’s news. So people are continuously hearing that other people think that the economy is bad, and understandably then think “well if people think it’s bad it must be bad”. Stop doing that. Just report things like “inflation is down”, “employment is up”, provide some context and analysis, and let listeners draw their own conclusions