This is the closest any legacy media outlet came to admit that the middle class are suffering right now.

But the article still gives the middle-class face-saving answers. Not about debt collectors calling, defaulting on credit card payments, and so on.

The graphics are pretty, but it was a misuse. You could have done a lot better than show pictures of shrimp and steak fly across the screen.

You could have compared how much middle-class people lost since 2024 versus how much billionaires gained during the same time. You can have shown how companies are making record profits even through inflation/shimpflation/skimpflation and gas prices, while people are maxing out their credit cards for basic staples they could buy for cash. Show how people have to pay more, but get less all while those same companies are making more money and giving less for it.

That’s how it’s done. Not this Op-Ed piece.