It’s almost a national pastime, isn’t it? Tuning in to hear what the self-proclaimed “experts” and their media mouthpieces are wringing their hands about today, especially when good old common sense suggests things might just be alright. You almost get the feeling some people want things to go belly-up, just so they can puff out their chests and say, “See! We told you so!”

If we had a dollar for every “five-alarm fire” predicted by the mainstream press that turned out to be a barely flickering birthday candle, especially when a conservative is at the helm, we’d all be retired and laughing from a beach somewhere. It’s a familiar song, and frankly, the tune’s getting a bit tired, not to mention predictable. But every now and then, they slip up and accidentally sing a note of truth, even if it’s through gritted teeth.

Well, grab your popcorn, everyone, because the latest episode of “Media Meltdown” just aired, and the critics – that’s us, by the way – are giving it five stars for unintentional comedy. The Breitbart News crew, specifically the sharp John Nolte, recently highlighted how the “Regime Media,” as he aptly calls them, were forced to admit something rather inconvenient about President Trump’s tariffs. It seems all that “Tariffmageddon” they shrieked about? Not so much.

Nolte points out that even the far-left Politico had to choke out the truth in a headline.

From ‘Breitbart News,’ quoting Politico:

“Trump tariffs have little impact on prices so far, defying grim forecasts,” reads the headline. “Inflation climbed at the slowest pace since early 2021 in April, surprising economists who anticipated tariff-related increases,” reads the sub-headline.

Notice the classic media two-step? When their dire predictions blow up in their faces, they try to shuffle the blame onto “economists.” As Nolte rightly says, “when the media cherry-pick the economists and experts to quote, the media are equally guilty. We all know how this game is played.” It’s a playbook so worn, the pages are transparent.

So, About Those “Grim Forecasts”…

And what about those actual prices? While the media was busy hyperventilating, a report from the Associated Press, of all places, discussing April’s numbers, spilled some rather inconvenient beans. It noted that “Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April,” and get this, “Consumer prices rose 2.3% in April from a year ago…the smallest increase in more than four years.” Even grocery prices took a dip, falling 0.4%, with egg prices thankfully scrambling downwards by a whopping 12.7%.

Of course, true to form, even when presenting these facts, the AP story couldn’t resist a little nervous hedging, quoting economists who “expect inflation will climb in the coming months” and citing a “Yale Budget Lab” estimate that still predicted doom and gloom. Bless their hearts, they just can’t help themselves. It’s like an addiction to bad news, especially when it can be vaguely pinned on policies they despise.

Still Clinging to the Gloom-and-Doom Script

This isn’t a one-off, as Nolte meticulously documents. He reminds us of Politico’s greatest hits of hysteria, with headlines that screamed about “Trump tariff chaos,” how tariffs would “make life unaffordable,” and posed dramatic questions like “How Ugly Is This Going to Be?” Page after page, he found, was dedicated to predicting an economic apocalypse that simply never materialized. While they were busy crafting their doomsday prophecies, they almost missed the one commerce secretary who actually said things would be okay.

It brings to mind Nolte’s own take from back when the tariff talk started, noting that President Trump was “using tariffs to 1) get these other countries to drop their tariffs and/or 2) motivate American companies to move back to the United States and hire Americans.” He added, “I’m just an average guy with an average IQ and an average bullshit detector. But I knew enough to invest a little into the recent stock market drop created by all this anti-science and partisan-driven panic.” Smart people indeed bought the dip.

The Breitbart piece goes on to list a veritable encyclopedia of other media “hoaxes,” a long and rather embarrassing rap sheet for the journalism industry. It underscores a pattern: when it comes to President Trump or conservative policies, the media’s crystal ball seems permanently fogged by bias, leading to one humiliating misfire after another.

It really makes you wonder if they ever get tired of being wrong, or if, as Nolte suggests, they’re just “junkies more than willing to serially debase themselves to enjoy that high” of predicting Armageddon. For those of us relying on common sense and a healthy skepticism of breathless media pronouncements, it’s just another Tuesday. We’ll keep our own counsel, thank you very much, and maybe enjoy a little chuckle as the “experts” try to explain away their latest forecasting faceplant.

Key Takeaways:

• Media forced to admit dire tariff predictions failed to materialize.
• Real economic data (cooling inflation, lower prices) defied media fear-mongering.
• Incident highlights ongoing media bias against conservative policies.

Sources: Breitbart, NewsNation