Are we really in a recession or is it merely being hyped up by media propaganda ?

The economic woes that Americans and other world countries are experiencing is not caused by the general population as much as it lies faults with Big business and Government mismanagement. Oil Companies and OPEC controlled the flow of their product, propping up the prices to unprecedented levels all at the expense of the consumer and small business. When businesses started to go broke or feel the effect of higher fuel prices and charges to move their products to market, a Domino effect was created causing artificial inflation to occur. Governments through their mismanagement of affairs and failure to investigate these ridiculous prices for fuel products due to the tax revenues collected are equally at fault for causing the problems that are effecting the countries and the people .