MSNBC, CNN, PBS embrace Biden rhetoric on inflation, gas price spike: ‘Putin’s price hike a great message’

The mainstream media is lying, of course. Inflation was rising well before Russia invaded Ukraine, because the Biden Administration ferociously attacked America’s energy industry. The mainstream media clearly believes that the American people are stupid, and hold them in utter contempt. Make the Left pay in November, America.

The only thing lower than than Democrat party is their opinion of the intelligence of the American people.

Americans know who is responsible for the #BidenPriceHike pic.twitter.com/AJ92n6gLEj

— NRCC (@NRCC) March 15, 2022

FACT CHECK: "Prices surged last month almost entirely before Russia invaded Ukraine, and inflation has been soaring above 5% since last May." #BidenGasHike pic.twitter.com/QfYqcnJslS

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 12, 2022

Biden’s goal was to get rid of American energy. He said so.

This is the #BidenGasHike. pic.twitter.com/DejDhyCHwK

— GOP (@GOP) March 16, 2022

MSNBC, CNN, PBS embrace Biden rhetoric on inflation, gas price hike: ‘Putin’s price hike a great’ message

CNN, MSNBC and more unabashedly repeated Biden’s ‘Putin price hike’ phrase.

By Fox News, March 17, 2022

Liberal pundits and journalists have claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the true catalyst behind the rising cost of American goods, including gasoline, all while deflecting criticism aimed at President Biden and his administration.

Despite the possible impact of the White House’s rampant spending and progressive energy policies, many outlets brushed and laughed off criticisms levied against the Biden administration, instead bending over backward to link inflation and the cost of oil explicitly to the turmoil in Ukraine.

Last Thursday, Biden said the recent inflation report is representative of the negative impacts Americans are feeling as a result of Putin’s actions.

“Today’s inflation report is a reminder that Americans’ budgets are being stretched by price increases and families are starting to feel the impacts of Putin’s price hike. A large contributor to inflation this month was an increase in gas and energy prices as markets reacted to Putin’s aggressive actions,” Biden said in a written statement.

NBC was responsible for a number of attempts to tie the recent war in Europe to price hikes hitting Americans, in many cases even repeating Biden’s newly coined “Putin price hike” phrase.

“Well, here at home, the toll of the war is having an ever greater impact on the U.S. economy. With soaring inflation and gas prices, Americans are paying more,” co-host Savannah Guthrie said at the top of a Friday NBC “Today” segment.

That same day on “3rd Hour Today,” co-host Craig Melvin provided an intro reminiscent of Guthrie’s words.

“Meanwhile, that war in Ukraine having quite the impact here at home, where just about everything is costing more these days, in some cases a lot more,” said Melvin, before asking correspondent Morgan Chesky about the “driving forces” behind the price increases.

“…the Biden administration is very much calling this ‘Putin’s price hike,’ with this war ongoing, there will be a significant impact going forward,” Chesky responded.

During MSNBC’s “MTP Daily with Chuck Todd,” chief Washington correspondent Andrea Mitchell said that calling inflation “Putin’s price hike” was a “great way” to message the issue.

The show’s host, Chuck Todd, also hopped on the “Putin price hike” bandwagon during the segment and added that Biden’s commitment to keeping the war in Ukraine, by utilizing sanctions, was another possible way for the president to portray the issue positively to the American people.

Many show hosts, as well as their guests, also urged viewers to ignore Republican claims that Biden is responsible for rising gasoline costs and instead instructed them to blame Putin and American energy companies.

“[Republicans] are blaming Biden for rising gas prices. Meanwhile, guess who gets off scot-free? Not just Putin, but the big oil and gas companies,” said Mehdi Hasan during his Monday MSNBC show.

On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made a similar critique of gas companies from the briefing room.

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