Politico, CNN, MSNBC journalists back off recession definition they previously espoused
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Some prominent journalists appear to be altering their traditional definition of a "recession" after the economy contracted for a second straight quarter.
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Politico's chief economic correspondent Ben White incorporated the spin in his report Thursday, claiming the new data is "offering Republicans a tantalizing opportunity to declare that the economy under President Joe Biden is now in a recession."
"The report from the Commerce Department on gross domestic product over the April-June period (0.9 percent) followed a first-quarter decline of 1.6 percent and meets one — though far from the only — criteria for an economic recession. The figure is a first estimate and subject to future revisions," White wrote. "But Republicans are poised to cast aside all the economic technicalities and bash Democratic candidates up and down the midterm ballot over an economy that is already deeply unpopular with voters in both parties."