The Media

That MSNBC Dow Graphic

Media Matters posted that extraordinarily dishonest MSNBC Dow graphic which tries to make it seem as though the Dow has tanked only since Election Day.

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Hey look! Barack Obama has destroyed the stock market!

Oh wait. Here's the DJIA since its high water mark on October 12, 2007.

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That light red area highlights the Bush Republican era, and the sliver of blue on the right is the Obama era. (I've updated this from an earlier version and added the yellow transition period between Election Day and the inauguration. It shouldn't even matter because George Bush was president until Janurary 20, 2009. But MSNBC doesn't seem to grasp that fact.)

That MSNBC graphic is a journalistic disgrace. Something FOX News would do.