The newspapers of endless water

This hasn't been the case in recent weeks, but we've endured months and months of drought, without realizing that certain media outlets have seemingly endless reserves of misinformation. Just look at how, every time there's good economic news, they rush to pour gallons of water on the wine, lest their readers emerge from the information depression to which they've condemned them. Unemployment has fallen below double digits for the first time since 2007, that is, since the housing crisis, but some insist on splitting hairs. OK DailyFor example, the headline read: "Unemployment fell by 118,400 people in 2025, but the rate of decline slowed and it remains above the EU average." The 10% figure is slipped in to favor a number that the average reader can't judge as high or low (and which may seem meager in a country of nearly 50 million people), and then a "but" is slipped in, just in case.

The most blatant case of the day is that of The reasonwhose front page headline read: "Unemployment falls below 10% for the first time thanks to record public sector employment." Ah, the cronies,first cousins ​​of the regional spendthriftsIt's a misleading headline, because it's true that in the fourth quarter the public sector signed many contracts (for teachers, for example), while in Spain's service sector (or rather, the private sector)... paella cooksThe private sector has tended to lay off workers at the end of the summer season. But if we look at the figures for the entire year, we see that the private sector led the way with 555,300 new jobs out of a total of 18.8 million, while the public sector grew by only 50,100 out of 3.6 million. However, since the aim is not to provide the reader with the right context so they can accurately understand the situation, but rather to shake off the usual scarecrows, the newspaper prefers to turn on the hose, plunge it into the barrel of bulk wine, and start splashing until the information loses its color and becomes transparent.