Two small businesses are throwing down the gauntlet against the latest round of tariffs impacting 60 countries, and where’s the mainstream media coverage? Crickets. Outlets like CNN and MSNBC are busy spinning tales of economic recovery, while major corporations cheerlead for more tariffs, leaving these businesses to fend for themselves. How convenient for the corporate class that the narrative minimizes the everyday entrepreneur struggling under the weight of these financial burdens.

The lawsuit calls out a glaring hypocrisy: the government must legally justify these tariffs. Yet you won’t hear that urgency from outlets that have their affiliates cozying up to big business interests. Instead, we get the same establishment groupthink that downplays the real impact on small business owners—the backbone of our economy—while trying to paint tariffs as a grand “America First” strategy. What they fail to address is how these policies squeeze small players even harder while enabling corporate conglomerates to thrive. Why? Because it fits their narrative.

Fox News might trot out a few sympathetic stories for optics, but don’t be fooled. This is the same channel that celebrates any corporate profits while ignoring the Price of Progress for the little guy. Meanwhile, outlets like The New York Times obsess over the data, but when it comes to the emotional toll on business owners, it’s a radio silence. Let’s cut through the noise: tariffs are not a one-size-fits-all solution, and the average American deserves a truthful narrative that acknowledges all sides of this trade war.