What the Media Was Worried About – February 2022
What the Media Was Worried About – February 2022 The big story for February 2022 was the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Russian buildup was loudly called out by US/NATO intelligence. The world saw it happening, warned Russia not to do it, but Russia eventually did it anyway. The Pandemic has quietly ended. There was no celebration, just a shift in the CDC’s focus from cases to hospitalizations due to COVID. Would this have been a bigger deal without the Ukraine conflict? Investing’s top story was that a Federal Reserve president roiled markets by saying what everything thinks the Fed should do, but nobody says it because it would roil the markets if said out loud. Oops. In other news, SNOWMAGEDDON came and went. Newspersons have taken to calling these storms ‘WINTER STORM BOMB CYCLONES’ now because it sounds way more gnarly than saying an area will get a foot…
