{"id":1103556,"date":"2021-12-09T17:44:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103556"},"modified":"2021-12-09T17:44:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T22:44:39","slug":"don-lemon-praises-slightly-lower-gas-prices-amid-bidens-push-for-better-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-praises-slightly-lower-gas-prices-amid-bidens-push-for-better-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Praises Slightly Lower Gas Prices Amid Biden\u2019s Push For Better Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdon-lemon-praises-slightly-lower-gas-prices-amid-bidens-push-for-better-press%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103556&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN primetime host Don Lemon celebrated the fact that gas prices have fallen by about 9 cents from last month in recent days, prompting speculation and mockery from conservatives that Lemon\u2019s comments were connected to recent reports that the Biden administration was seeking more favorable press coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big economic relief for millions of Americans who have been dealing with soaring energy prices,\u201d Lemon said at the beginning of a segment on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cnnt\/date\/2021-12-07\/segment\/01\">Don Lemon Tonight<\/a>\u201d Tuesday. \u201cCost at the pump, finally easing up. With the national average for a gallon of regular falling to $3.35. The lowest since October. Just look at that,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is forecasting gas will drop to $3.01 by January,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon then brought on Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of the Council Of Economic Advisors under President Barack Obama and Economics Professor at the University of Chicago\u2019s Booth School of Business. \u201cCan we just celebrate this some good news just for a minute? I\u2019ll take it where I can get it,\u201d Lemon told Goolsbee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d Goolsbee responded. \u201cI\u2019m kicking myself because I filled my tank just a few days ago, 64 bucks, when I filled up my tank and I should have waited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon then asked Goolsbee why gas prices were falling. Goolsbee answered that gas prices were dropping because oil prices were falling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of that may be due to the announcements about the strategic petroleum reserve. A lot of that is due to OPEC and the other oil producing countries kind of backing off. They were trying to restrict output and that sort of fell apart a bit and they announced that in January they\u2019re going to increase production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The American Automobile Association disagreed with Goolsbee\u2019s assessment. <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/gas-prices-retreat-on-fears-of-covid-19-resurgence\/\">AAA reported Monday<\/a>&nbsp;OPEC\u2019s commitment not to cut production was part of the dip in prices, but the larger reason was the fear of another economic slowdown because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsumers may be catching a break at the pump right now, but it\u2019s not for a very good reason,\u201d AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross said in the statement. \u201cA potential COVID-19 induced economic slowdown hurts everyone and could prompt OPEC to slash production if oil prices drop too low.<\/p>\n<p>While Lemon did not address President Joe Biden directly, the segment came just ahead of a report that the Biden administration has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-working-behind-scenes-with-media-to-get-positive-coverage-report\">pushing news organizations<\/a> to cover their actions more favorably. The Daily Wire reported Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p><em>Officials in the Biden administration have been \u201csecretly begging\u201d news organizations to deliver \u201cfavorable\u201d coverage to the president, according to a new report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The administration is \u201cnot happy\u201d with endless news reports detailing supply-chain problems, soaring inflation and other woes and \u201chas been working behind the scenes trying to reshape coverage in its favor,\u201d CNN\u2019s Reliable Sources said,&nbsp;according&nbsp;to the New York Post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The report also says senior White House and administration officials \u201chave been briefing major newsrooms over the past week.\u201d Leading the meetings are National Economic Council deputy directors David Kamin and Bharat Ramamurti, as well as ports envoy John Porcari, CNN reporter Oliver Darcy wrote in a newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Twitter users were quick to point out the link.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState-run media: CNN\u2019s Don Lemon does the White House\u2019s bidding by praising the price of gas falling just 5 cents. This is what the Biden administration wanted when they brought in media outlets to tell them how to spin the numbers,\u201d Media Research Center and NewsBusters Deputy Managing Editor Nicholas Fondacaro tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">State-run media: CNN\u2019s Don Lemon does the White House\u2019s bidding by praising the price of gas falling just 5 cents. This is what the Biden administration wanted when they brought in media outlets to tell them how to spin the numbers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5aTak5rfx\">pic.twitter.com\/q5aTak5rfx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickFondacaro\/status\/1468431348301897729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure looks like those secret spin meetings with media outlets paid off for the White House, eh? What was Lemon singing when gas prices soared all year long?\u201d Hot Air Senior Editor Ed Morrissey tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sure looks like those secret spin meetings with media outlets paid off for the White House, eh? What was Lemon singing when gas prices soared all year long?<\/p>\n<p>Great moments in \u201cjournalism\u201d: Don Lemon sings Biden\u2019s praises over \u2026 seven cents<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0Ui75jKBgR\">https:\/\/t.co\/0Ui75jKBgR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdMorrissey\/status\/1468950489324785668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gas prices have dropped to $3.34 this week, down from 3.42 last month, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN primetime host Don Lemon celebrated the fact that gas prices have fallen by about 9 cents from last month in recent days, prompting speculation and mockery from conservatives that Lemon\u2019s comments were connected to recent reports that the Biden administration was seeking more favorable press coverage.\u201cA big economic relief for millions of Americans who have been dealing with soaring energy prices,\u201d Lemon said at the beginning of a segment on \u201cDon Lemon Tonight\u201d Tuesday. \u201cCost at the pump, finally easing up. With the national average for a gallon of regular falling to $3.35. The lowest since October. Just look at that,\u201d he continued.\u201cThe government is forecasting gas will drop to $3.01 by January,\u201d he finished.Lemon then brought on Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of the Council Of Economic Advisors under President Barack Obama and Economics Professor at the University of Chicago\u2019s Booth School of Business. \u201cCan we just celebrate this some good news just for a minute? I\u2019ll take it where I can get it,\u201d Lemon told Goolsbee.\u201cYeah,\u201d Goolsbee responded. \u201cI\u2019m kicking myself because I filled my tank just a few days ago, 64 bucks, when I filled up my tank and I should have waited.\u201dLemon then asked Goolsbee why gas prices were falling. Goolsbee answered that gas prices were dropping because oil prices were falling.\u201cSome of that may be due to the announcements about the strategic petroleum reserve. A lot of that is due to OPEC and the other oil producing countries kind of backing off. They were trying to restrict output and that sort of fell apart a bit and they announced that in January they\u2019re going to increase production.\u201dThe American Automobile Association disagreed with Goolsbee\u2019s assessment. AAA reported Monday\u00a0OPEC\u2019s commitment not to cut production was part of the dip in prices, but the larger reason was the fear of another economic slowdown because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.\u201cConsumers may be catching a break at the pump right now, but it\u2019s not for a very good reason,\u201d AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross said in the statement. \u201cA potential COVID-19 induced economic slowdown hurts everyone and could prompt OPEC to slash production if oil prices drop too low.While Lemon did not address President Joe Biden directly, the segment came just ahead of a report that the Biden administration has been pushing news organizations to cover their actions more favorably. The Daily Wire reported Wednesday:Officials in the Biden administration have been \u201csecretly begging\u201d news organizations to deliver \u201cfavorable\u201d coverage to the president, according to a new report.The administration is \u201cnot happy\u201d with endless news reports detailing supply-chain problems, soaring inflation and other woes and \u201chas been working behind the scenes trying to reshape coverage in its favor,\u201d CNN\u2019s Reliable Sources said,\u00a0according\u00a0to the New York Post.The report also says senior White House and administration officials \u201chave been briefing major newsrooms over the past week.\u201d Leading the meetings are National Economic Council deputy directors David Kamin and Bharat Ramamurti, as well as ports envoy John Porcari, CNN reporter Oliver Darcy wrote in a newsletter.Twitter users were quick to point out the link.\u201cState-run media: CNN\u2019s Don Lemon does the White House\u2019s bidding by praising the price of gas falling just 5 cents. This is what the Biden administration wanted when they brought in media outlets to tell them how to spin the numbers,\u201d Media Research Center and NewsBusters Deputy Managing Editor Nicholas Fondacaro tweeted.State-run media: CNN\u2019s Don Lemon does the White House\u2019s bidding by praising the price of gas falling just 5 cents. This is what the Biden administration wanted when they brought in media outlets to tell them how to spin the numbers. pic.twitter.com\/q5aTak5rfx\u2014 Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) December 8, 2021\u201cSure looks like those secret spin meetings with media outlets paid off for the White House, eh? What was Lemon singing when gas prices soared all year long?\u201d Hot Air Senior Editor Ed Morrissey tweeted.Sure looks like those secret spin meetings with media outlets paid off for the White House, eh? What was Lemon singing when gas prices soared all year long?Great moments in \u201cjournalism\u201d: Don Lemon sings Biden\u2019s praises over \u2026 seven centshttps:\/\/t.co\/0Ui75jKBgR\u2014 Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) December 9, 2021Gas prices have dropped to $3.34 this week, down from 3.42 last month, according to AAA.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}