Distort, rinse, repeat

" Distort, rinse, repeat. All you really need to do is adequately amplify the news of Germany and France's positive numbers, and before you know it, the world economy is on a tear. No matter that their neighbors don’t have similar numbers, or that Germany’s annual GDP is still set to fall over 7%. The least positive words you can get out of the experts these days is "we fear that the recovery will be relatively slow and protracted". No doubts anymore about the fact that the recovery is here. Oh, no, sirree."