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NCS is dealing with social media backlash after a social media person identified a perceived disparity in how the outlet framed the economic system under President Donald Trump versus former President Joe Biden.
Following a Tuesday put up on X from NCS relating to inflation under Trump, Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips pointed to a distinction in how inflation is framed now in comparison with Biden’s time in workplace.
In March 2023, NCS posted to their X account that “US inflation is still high, but it’s falling,” noting that the earlier month’s “Consumer Price Index measured 6%, down from January’s 6.4%.”
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One social media person accused NCS of protecting inflation in a different way under President Donald Trump in comparison with former President Joe Biden. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
Fast-forward to 2026, the outlet wrote on X that “US inflation remained at 2.7% in December, underscoring persistent cost of living challenges.”
This disparity in framing prompted Phillips to add a picture displaying each statements, declaring the distinction between how NCS framed 6% inflation under Biden versus 2.7% inflation under Trump.
The put up shortly went viral, with many customers, together with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, calling out what they thought-about to be biased framing.
Leavitt quoted Phillips’ put up with the caption “NCS Fake News.”
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt known as NCS “fake news” in response. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
Kari Lake, the appearing CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, additionally weighed in, writing, “How the fake news works in one photo.”
“For NCS, a 6% inflation rate under Biden was considered good, but a 2% inflation rate under Trump is considered bad,” wrote Emmanuel Rincón, founder of political consulting agency Regional Renaissance Consulting.
Business strategist and market commentator Evelio Silvera known as out NCS for utilizing a “completely different tone based on who’s in office, not what the numbers actually show,” asserting that “people are tired of being lied to and talked to like they’re idiots.”
“Anyone paying attention can see the double standard,” he added.
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“Can’t imagine why trust in mainstream media is just gone,” quipped one other X person.
Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, Alex Triantafilou, argued that the disparity between “how NCS covers Biden’s runaway inflation compared to Trump’s amazing work to curb it” is the rationale “why @NCS and much of the mainstream press is to be totally ignored.”
NCS didn’t instantly return Fox News Digital‘s request for remark.
NCS did not reply to a request for remark. (Getty Images)
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