News Hype Rising Faster Than Price of Gas

Well, the newsreaders on TV are all abuzz about the, "RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES!!!!" Well, guess what? The price of gas isn't really that high. Adjusted for inflation, the retail price for gasoline was higher back in 1981 than it is today.

Yet the talking-heads on TV never let a little thing like truth hinder their pursuit of a story. As the Media Research Center points out, network TV Newsreaders continue to blather on about high prices for gasoline even while in the same broadcasts acknowledging that adjusted for inflation, gas prices are not at "record highs."

I know that the news bizness is all about the crisis-of-the-moment, but would it be too much to ask for just a little dose of sanity?