tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post4009099042633817895..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Whistling dogsCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-48728969879241033252018-11-04T21:21:05.239+00:002018-11-04T21:21:05.239+00:00Contrast Naughtie's attempts - "to an ext...Contrast Naughtie's attempts - "to an extent" shall we say - to mislead listeners by calling into question the positive impact of Trump's economic policy with these facts from a USA Today article from April 2018:<br /><br />"West Virginia, for example, saw a more than 15% increase in coal employment last year. Those jobs help fuel the local economy since miners earn an average $84,000 a year, twice the average wage in many coal-producing states."<br /><br />A 15% rise in well paid employment sounds like an incredible achievement to me...whether it's the right policy, backing coal, is entirely another question but Trump has once again delivered handsomely on a promise. <br /><br />I've seen quite a few of Trump's stump speeches and I simply don't think people are baying for anti-migrant rhetoric as Naughtie suggests. In fact the thing that really gets them going are Trump's renewed promises to drain the swamp. <br /><br />And while there might not be many Hondurans in West Virginia, one of the largest settlements of Honduran immigrants in the USA is in neighbouring Virginia. <br /><br />Naughtie is a naughty fibmonger. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com