Was The Swine-Flu A `Cover' For Chrysler's Bankruptcy?

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But, enough patting on the back - as you can see from the title of today's post - I'm suggesting and will present `evidence' that the recent interest in `Swine Flu' coverage by the media may have been a ruse to cover the anguish of the Chrysler Bankruptcy - as it - the bankruptcy - doesn't `fit' the current big media ruse of `cheerleading' about down economic data being `less bad' and `nearing or bumping along at the bottom'.

Slowly, the medias goal seems to be to `convince' the populous that `the recession is over' -- even while the data suggests that - at best - that time is probably 2010 at the earliest. (Ignoring the doomsayers for a bit.) This `cheerleading' media - the governments mouthpiece - has already been the focus of one of my 14 posts so far.

But, as the title of my post suggests - IMO - this is too much of a co-incidence - please hit this google trends link at that very time frame of April 25th onwards - http://www.google.com/trends?q=swine+flu%2C+Chrysler&ctab=0&geo=us&geor=all&date=mtd&sort=0


Looking at this data, note how Chrysler's mention in `news reference volume' began to rise on the 23rd - exactly a week before the expected bankruptcy - about the typical lead time the media is going to give a BIG story. BUT, on the 24th, strangely, `swine flu' hit the switch. By the 25th, Chrysler was a declining story and Swine Flu had exceeded it. It stayed that way with the Swine Flu dwarfing the Chrysler story - even on the spike day of the bankruptcy.

But, then, just as mysteriously, BOTH stories began to fade from the media's interest the VERY NEXT DAY. With the H1N1 staying just slightly more often and remaining the `lead' media story. Until, the Chrysler story was at a more manageable `public' level of coverage - with hardly a bump overall from the resulting bankruptcy. Indeed, the Chrysler story was out of the prime news for over two weeks before it was once again ahead of the now `old' Swine Flu `story'.

And, I for one think that is EXACTLY what it was - a story. How convenient. And, the cheerleading the economy and the bad statistics begins again. Believe it or not.

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