Why haven't you heard that . . .?

The Dow Jones and the S&P both set records today. This is part of a strong upward trend in the stock market. The economy is booming. Yet you probably didn't know that until 5 seconds ago. This is good news, people ought to know. So why don't they?
Casualties in Iraq are down. This is also a positive trend, as American deaths have now dropped for several months straight, thanks in part to the troop surge. This is also good news. People should know. So why don't they?
The answer is easy if you look at it closely. Who benefits if the economy is bad? Who benefits if Iraq goes badly? The Democrats do. They can blame the Republicans, and exploit these issues to win elections. So when the economy does good, the liberals that control the media keep it quiet, but when stocks suffer it becomes front page news. In the same way, when casualties increase in Iraq there is a massive media blitz against the president, while good reports are ignored.
Even on the rare occasions that good news is reported, it is always vigorously criticized. The media, when confronted by the fact that casualties are down, question the reliability of the numbers (after all it's only the Pentagon who compile these statistics). There was never a question of reliability when the numbers where bad, but suddenly there are accuracy problems now that they're good. It's a similar situation with the economy. The stock market was the absolute economic authority when it was failing, but now that things are looking up, they caution us that it is dangerous to put to much faith in any one economic indicator. In other words, the media says, the numbers only matter if they help out our favorite political figures.
When we have such a blatantly biased media, it's hard to tell what to believe. We have trouble sorting through the muck and slime to try to find truth. The reason that the media is supposed to exist is to inform the public, not to dictate our perceptions, and yet that is exactly what it has become. It is full of liberal lackeys whose sole purpose in life is to make things out to be bad when it suits the Democrats' purposes, and then later to make everything look rosy when that is beneficial. It has nothing to do with truth, only politics.