WaPo slammed for headline saying ‘economy appeared ready to surge,’ Russian invasion ‘could send shockwaves’
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The Washington Post was slammed for a Feb. 25 headline that said the “U.S. economy appeared ready to surge” and that the Russian invasion of Ukraine “could send shockwaves.”
The WaPo piece reported that “a few weeks ago … falling gas prices, and a newly buoyant stock market set the table for what many felt could be a surging U.S. economy in 2022.”
“But those rosy scenarios are suddenly in doubt, as rampant geopolitical uncertainty has helped drive up energy prices and send global markets on a roller-coaster ride,” the piece continues to read.
The price of food, clothing and other goods, however, has been on the rise for several months.
FILE – In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a shopper wears a mask as she walks through the meat products at a grocery store in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
(AP Photo/LM Otero)
In October 2021, prices rose 6.2 percent over a year, which at…