If the producers of "Good Morning America" need something to be thankful for this holiday season, one might suggest their ability to create downbeat economic news to report to fill in gaps in their daily programming.
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"[O]ne of the last parts of our travel survival guide, our Thanksgiving survival guide, of course, is the rising cost of the Thanksgiving dinner," "GMA" host Diane Sawyer said on the November 20 "GMA.". "As we said, the average price of a Thanksgiving dinner is up 11 percent from last year. So are there some ways to stretch the dollars and have no one know."
Also included in the segment was a story meant to tug at your heartstrings - a grandmother being forced to cut corners to make enough for her family's Thanksgiving feast.
"[G]randmother Judy Inman is feeling the pinch as she plans Thanksgiving dinner for eight," "Good Morning America" Consumer Correspondent Elizabeth Leamy said.
According to Leamy, "the American Farm Bureau says it will cost $42.26 to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for 10 this year."
It's still a bargain according to some.
"That's less than a value meal at almost any fast food restaurant," Jim Sartwelle, an American Farm Bureau Federation economist, told ABC. "It remains a tremendous value."
However, Sartwelle also told The Grand Isle (Neb.) Independent the inflation-adjusted cost of a Thanksgiving dinner has remained around $20 for the past 17 years.
"The AFBF survey was first conducted in 1986. This year's average cost of $42.26 is equivalent to $20.46 in inflation-adjusted dollars. The real dollar cost of the Thanksgiving dinner has declined 9 percent in the last 20 years, according to Sartwelle," Robert Pore of The Independent wrote.
But don't worry. Despite that detail ignored by ‘GMA,' Inman insisted she will make this year's Thanksgiving work.
"It isn't going to be macaroni and cheese, but we're real close on some things," Inman added.
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I posted something about
November 20, 2007 - 19:39 ET by bigtimerI posted something about this last night...
I can't help it I am still LMAO at all of this pathetic tripe...
Just wait...Christmas is next!
These people really need to get a life...or just a clue would be nice..
As the Real World Continues to Turn.....
BT, As far as the MSM is
November 20, 2007 - 20:25 ET by Chris NormanBT, As far as the MSM is concerned, we're all Bob Cratchit's to Bush's Uncle Scrooge.
OK, so if everyone is poor
November 21, 2007 - 12:08 ET by motherbeltOK, so if everyone is poor and broke, and inflation is ruining
Thanksgiving, then why is the headline on the Drudge Report "Largest
Thanksgiving Pilgrimage Ever"??
Apparently it's not bad enough to keep people home....
And bt, you're right, Xmas will be next. As soon as the turkey is eaten, they will start with the "lower expectations" for Xmas. They do it every year, and every year it turns around and they end up with egg on their faces. They still don't get it, that when Xmas rolls around, the stores cut their prices and people don't skimp.
They don't care tho, they get their jollies moaning in the meantime.
I have a lady friend who
November 20, 2007 - 19:39 ET by MidAmericaI have a lady friend who will not watch or read the news and this stuff is exactly why. She is of the emotional type and these people insist on ruining her day everyday. She is so much happier just vaguely knowing what is going on in the world. I've heard Rush say the same thing: Want to be happy? Don't listen to any news.
How can the cost of
November 20, 2007 - 19:56 ET by NeoCon JediHow can the cost of Thanksgiving be up 11% when all I see are ads for cost-cutting deals on turkeys, etc. One grocery chain is selling turkeys for $6 for 9-13 pound bird, $7 for 13-18 pound bird and $8 for a 19-24 pound bird.
I swear, the MSM is trying to scare us into ignoring how good the economy is. How much you want to be if a Dem gets in office, the prices will suddenly go down.
"At an end your rule is, and not short enough it was!" -- Yoda
Silly Neocon...it's not
November 20, 2007 - 20:19 ET by gopsteveSilly Neocon...it's not that the prices will go down if there is a Dem prez, just the negative reporting.
:-)
Really!
November 21, 2007 - 14:20 ET by heldmywI got a 19.6 lb turkey for .49/lb. A grand total of $9.61. Along with this, came a $10 rebate for buying the turk and 2 cases of name-brand soft drinks (at a VERY good price).
Necessary veg, etc, were all in the 10-for $10 section of the freezer case, pies on sale, even those crispy onions for the green bean casserole!
$4 a head for a feed like this? Easy!
If all of America was to
November 20, 2007 - 20:13 ET by Chris NormanIf all of America was to believe all the doom and gloom economic news, as interpreted and predicted by the media, we would all commit mass suicide - if we could afford the high cost of sleeping pills - which we can't, thanks to "the lack of adequate and affordable health insurance"...
Oh well
November 20, 2007 - 20:18 ET by zoro7957............anyone have any good recipes for Spam? Seeing thats all I can afford. I'll be needing suggestions for side dishes also.
I do not know if the msm
November 20, 2007 - 20:23 ET by gopsteveI do not know if the msm was as biased as they are now when Carter was Prez, but I wonder if they had these gloom and doom stories the year before Reagan clobbered Jimmah.
(to be fair, I do know that Cronkite used to end, or begin, his newscasts with "this is day (insert number) of the hostage crisis.")
another post, I am on a
November 20, 2007 - 20:27 ET by gopsteveanother post, I am on a roll I think
The only time I recall Thanksgiving gloom stories when Bill was president was when the Republicans "shut down government" or "cut welfare" (actually reduced the growth) in 1995.
As Rush said it too, on another subject, it's amazing how the homeless problem happened in the 80's, went away in the 90's (more specifically after 1992), then came back in the 2000's
Geeeesh!!!
I have one for "Spam with a
November 20, 2007 - 20:23 ET by Chris NormanI have one for "Spam with a Water Sauce...:)
Water sauce
November 20, 2007 - 20:27 ET by zoro7957...............that is hilarious.............LOL
I can't wait until a Dem is
November 20, 2007 - 20:35 ET by gopsteveI can't wait until a Dem is prez, it will be refreshing to hear good economic news for the first time in eight years...just happening to coincide with the most recent Dem administration...
go figure?!
Trust me...if a Dem is elected, we'll be hearing wonderful family stories next Thanksgiving!!!
I remember reading during
November 20, 2007 - 20:45 ET by MidAmericaI remember reading during Bush v Clinton election how bad the economy was and when Bush the Elder said it wasn't that bad the media just used that to illustrate how 'out of touch he was'. Then December, after the election, and before bill had even stained the carpets, there were reports the economy was 'rebounding'. Yes, happy days were here again.
Read My Lips...
November 21, 2007 - 04:51 ET by Seabeach4348Bush the First gets credit for that......and we're still hearing about it in the lamesteam news.
But then Clinton gets the biggest tax increase probably in the history of this nation in 1993, and we rarely hear about it!
In fact , when the idiots in the media do mention it, it's with a definite glee, like it's a good thing that the government can now take more of our $$$!
Republican in office = bad economy
Dem in office = great economy.
Pine float!
November 21, 2007 - 14:25 ET by heldmywDad got us to do the horrendous task of cleaning the garage with the promise of a "pine float" upon completion. Anticipating something delicious and ice creamy, we set to work with a will.
Sweating and exhausted from hauling the accumulated debris of decades to the curb, then sweeping and hosing it out, we staggered in to the house for our reward.
He filled two tall glasses with tap water. He put a toothipick in each.
Voila! "Pine float".
Goes great with "weenie water soup", another of his faves. (It's what you have after boiling 2 hot dogs. A pinkish, salty 'soup'.)
Wow
November 20, 2007 - 20:35 ET by well99Glad I picked up groceries today.Nice sales going on.Didnt take much out of my wallet.Guess I didnt buy the right stuff.
Do these people ever go in
November 20, 2007 - 22:19 ET by danboDo these people ever go in a grocery store? Do they know what the scanner does?
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
My personal economy is in
November 21, 2007 - 02:18 ET by lnthompMy personal economy is in trouble right now, but it has nothing to do with food prices and almost nothing to do with gas prices or other regional or national economic forces. It has to do with a pet dog who experienced an acute bout of pancreatitis in August, followed by stitches in his left eyelid after a fight with another dog over kittens, all of which cost over $4000 (not yet paid off) to save his life and for recovery treatment.
Lee T.
U.S. Navy (ret.) / Vancouver, Washington
The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.-- Mark Twain
42.26 for 10
November 21, 2007 - 05:03 ET by well99I wonder how that stacks up to going to Mickey Ds.
According to Alton Brown,
November 21, 2007 - 05:45 ET by RESTLESS 1According to Alton Brown, stuffing is evil anyway. Cook it in a seperate pan and have a great Thanksgiving.