Dan: I don't give the media credit for enough understanding
of government statistics to be witting participants in spin about them. You said:
What I find the most puzzling is that 'none' of the mainstream media seems interested in telling it the way it is.
If you agree, can you proffer a guess as to why you think that is the case?
To be interested in "telling it [the story of government's statistical shell game] the way it is" they would have to understand the way it is. I don't believe they do, with a few exceptions.
They can't all be that worried w/r to the 'consequences' of some form of Big Brother reprisal, can they?
On the other hand, perhaps the media is merely adhering to the old "ignorance is bliss' mantra and they merely wish to see the populace remain "blissful."
When wondering why people respond as they do to complexity, I think first of the simplest explanation: They don't understand it. A great many, including in the media, also dislike reading history in general and alternative views in particular. So they have no context to go with poor reasoning. That's a bad mix, and explains more media density than a design to mislead can plausibly do.
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