{"id":2258788,"date":"2024-06-03T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-wins-account-brutally-fact-checked-after-trying-to-pin-costcos-1-50-hot-dog-on-administration-lowering-costs\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T16:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:44:13","slug":"bidens-wins-account-brutally-fact-checked-after-trying-to-pin-costcos-1-50-hot-dog-on-administration-lowering-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-wins-account-brutally-fact-checked-after-trying-to-pin-costcos-1-50-hot-dog-on-administration-lowering-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Claim on Costco&#8217;s $1.50 Hot Dog Fact-Checked for Cost Reductions"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbidens-wins-account-brutally-fact-checked-after-trying-to-pin-costcos-1-50-hot-dog-on-administration-lowering-costs%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=2258788&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>The commentary by George\u2063 C.\u2062 Upper III on June 3, 2024, criticizes leftists&#8217; lack\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colin-kaepernick-jumps-aboard-spac-craze-looking-to-raise-287-million-for-social-justice-company\/\" title=\"Colin Kaepernick Jumps Aboard SPAC Craze, Looking To Raise 7 Million For \u2018Social Justice\u2019 Company\">business experience<\/a>. The &#8220;Biden&#8217;s\u200d Wins&#8221; \u2064account falsely attributed\u2062 Costco&#8217;s $1.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/costco-cfo-assures-investors-its-1-50-hot-dog-combo-wont-see-price-increase\/\" title=\"Costco CFO guarantees no price hike for .50 hot dog combo\">50 hot dog price<\/a> to Biden,\u200b debunked \u2064by readers as\u200b a business tactic. \u2064The account&#8217;s misleading \u200bposts reflect a propaganda-like\u200c approach, highlighting the importance of factual\u2064 information in communication. The June 3,\u2064 2024 commentary by George C. Upper III addresses the leftists&#8217;\u200d business inexperience. The &#8220;Biden&#8217;s Wins&#8221; \u2062account wrongly linked Costco&#8217;s\u2063 $1.50\u2064 hot dog price to \u200bBiden, corrected by readers as a sales tactic. This showcases the significance of accurate communication over propagandistic misleading posts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 3, 2024 at 12:23pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Nice try, leftists, but your lack of real-world business experience is showing.<\/p>\n<p>The X account \u201cBiden\u2019s Wins\u201d tried to give the sitting president credit for a decision made by a company that was very clearly \u2014 to anyone with even a few days\u2019 worth of actual retail sales experience \u2014 not a win for Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The account, which bills itself as the \u201clargest online community of President Biden\u2019s supporters,\u201d claims to exist for the purpose of \u201c[k]eeping score of President Biden\u2019s wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I can neither confirm nor deny that it\u2019s actually the \u201clargest online community of President Biden\u2019s supporters,\u201d though since it has only about 369,600 supporters, I would guess \u2026 actually, you know what? That probably <em>is<\/em> the largest online community of President Biden\u2019s supporters. Carry on.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, you\u2019d think that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/social-media-use-linked-risky-decision-making-behaviors-kids-major-study-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> account dedicated to tracking the current administration\u2019s wins would have precious little to post.<\/p>\n<p>And, actually, you\u2019d be right. A quick perusal of some of the account\u2019s most recent posts show that in order to post positive news about Biden, they almost universally \u2014 in ways that are sometimes subtle and sometimes anything but \u2014 play loosely with the facts.<\/p>\n<p>One obvious example came up on Saturday, when the account claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/costco-cfo-provides-huge-update-future-1-50-hot-dog-combo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Costco<\/a> was keeping the price of its hot dog combo \u2014 which includes a quarter-pound all-beef hot dog and a 20-ounce drink \u2014 at $1.50 as a result of Biden\u2019s economic policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBREAKING: Due to President Biden\u2019s hard work on lowering costs, Costco\u2019s new Finance Chief has announced $1.50 hot dogs are here to stay,\u201d the pro-Biden account claimed.<\/p>\n<p>But X quickly added some important \u201ccontext\u201d from its readers \u2014 context that basically called \u201cBiden\u2019s Wins\u201d a liar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is the economy worse under Biden than ever in recent memory?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is a business tactic called a \u2018Loss Leader,\u2019 which is an advertisement by a business for a product or service that has been strategically chosen to draw in customers at a financial loss for the product to increase revenue,\u201d the note explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not due to the Biden administration,\u201d it added, just in case there was any doubt about it.<\/p>\n<p>To add insult to injury, it added a link to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/31\/food\/costco-hot-dog-price\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> article \u2014 not exactly a Biden-bashing outlet \u2014 explaining that Costo \u201cis willing to lose money selling the hot dogs at that price as long as it helps Costco draw in and retain customers\u201d and that, if Costco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/price-of-hot-dog-combo-at-mlb-stadium-soars-to-outrageous-level\/\" title=\"MLB Stadium Hot Dog Combo Price Reaches All-Time High\">hot dog combo price<\/a> had kept pace with inflation, it would now cost $4.50, three times what it cost in 1985.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Due to President Biden\u2019s hard work on lowering costs, Costco\u2019s new Finance Chief has announced $1.50 hot dogs are here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Biden\u2019s Wins (@BidensWins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BidensWins\/status\/1797040162838331674?\">June 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The same account has claimed the former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/initial-post-verdict-poll-will-democrats-screaming-terror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling numbers<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidensWins\/status\/1797691849060291042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fallen 6 points<\/a> since his conviction last week for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a>, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden-vs-kennedy-vs-west-vs-stein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> polling average showed Trump with a 1.8 percent lead on the day prior to the verdict and a 2.0 percent lead two days after it.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, it claimed that \u201cBiden\u2019s polling nationwide has skyrocketed\u201d since the verdict, when the same RealClearPolitics page shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/presidential-polls-wrong-polymarket-reveals-massive-favorite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden\u2019s polling<\/a> percentage moving from 39.4 to 39.5 percent over the same time period. I\u2019m not sure what the technical definition of \u201cskyrocket\u201d it when it comes to polling numbers, but I\u2019m pretty sure that ain\u2019t it.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the whole account is full of posts like these, as if it were intentionally lobbing softballs for the right to slam out of the park. It almost rises to the level of self-parody.<\/p>\n<p>Almost. In reality, it amounts to what most leftist communication amounts to \u2014 propaganda that assumes ignorance in its consumers.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s harder to get away with in 2024, when the actual facts are available to anyone with the will to go find them. But nice try anyway, leftists.<\/p>\n<p>See you in November.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. Will you help us fight? 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by George C. Upper III on June 3, 2024, at 12:23 pm, leftists are criticized for their lack of business experience. 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