> Certainly more accurate than “3.5%” bullshit the “free press” is asking us to believe. Okay, because the air quotes and knee jerk dismissal annoy me... The

> Certainly more accurate than “3.5%” bullshit the “free press” is asking us to believe. Okay, because the air quotes and knee jerk dismissal annoy me... The 3.x% being published is journalists repeating the reported CPI. They are indeed still a free press, they're just dealing with people who don't on average understand how inflation measures are built, nor care. Which is why there are articles that attempt to educate on that, whenever it comes to popular attention https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1197954369/two-indicators-bureau-of-labor-statistics-behind-the-scenes https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1197954369/two-indicators-bur... https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cpi-consumer-price-index/ https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cpi-consumer-price-... If you wanted to air quote something, a "viewer-respecting" "intelligent" free press would be more accurately dismissive.