ClosetLurker · 2 points ·
Format is well explained but I think the joke is not making fun of that journalists don't know what a recession is. The two quarters of negative growth was the previous general accepted definition, but now that the US economy has met that criteria the white house tried to redefine the term recession so people don't become angry with the current party in power and lose votes in the midterms.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2022/07/21/how-do-economists-determine-whether-the-economy-is-in-a-recession/

So I think the butt of the joke this time aint the journalists but the government.

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