PROOF: The Gas Price Surge Is Mostly Media Manufactured Hype

businessinsider.com — Joe Weisenthal | Feb. 24, 2012, 7:47 AM | 0| Despite all the hype about gas prices, it's not clear that anyone cares yet. According to Google Trends, there's been no tickup in all this year of people surging for gas prices -- unlike last Spring, 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005 What's interesting though is that there has been a tickup in media mentions of gas prices, as the bottom chart shows.
Heidi Moore Finance and Economics Editor, Guardian U.S., Guardian @moorehn
RT @TheStalwart: Here's proof that the gas price story is just media manufactured hype. t.co/lZBRPDdV
Joe Weisenthal Executive Editor, Business Insider @TheStalwart
Thanks pal. RT @jonathanmiller: Love this... Here's proof that the gas price story is just media manufactured hype. t.co/lZBRPDdV
Joe Weisenthal Executive Editor, Business Insider @TheStalwart
The nut point: For the first time, a surge in media talk about gas isn't matched by people searching for it. t.co/lZBRPDdV
Joe Weisenthal Executive Editor, Business Insider @TheStalwart
Actually, it's manufactured by the media and by Republicans. t.co/lZBRPDdV No "real" people actually care.
Joe Weisenthal Executive Editor, Business Insider @TheStalwart
Here's proof that the gas price story is just media manufactured hype. t.co/lZBRPDdV