With the midterm election fast approaching, the Elitist Media evening news are innovating ever more ways to put their thumbs on the scale for Democrats. This includes making up new DOOM when the existing DOOM isn’t bad or scary enough. And now this entails crafting new “records” out of whole cloth.
Watch as NBC Senior White House Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez authoritatively cites a “record gas price” on the Nightly News:
What to do when gas prices are high but not RECORD HIGH ahead of a midterm? Fabricate a new category of record- "calendar days over $4/gal." I remember no such effort when gas surpassed $5/gal under Biden four years ago. pic.twitter.com/tMj4qxToVh
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 16, 2026
GABE GUTIERREZ: Tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine have been growing since last week, when President Trump struck a deal with Russia to purchase diesel and lower prices at the pump for Americans ahead of the midterms. Gas prices now setting a record for the highest number of days above $4 a gallon in a calendar year, all amid the ongoing Iranian attacks on unarmed commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Gutierrez’ report was a hybrid Ukraine/Iran roundup and domestic gas prices made their way into the story because of the end of the short-lived “energy ceasefire.” And this is where the artificial “record” comes in.
To be clear, gas prices are high but not RECORD high. That happened four years ago, when gas prices were over $5 a gallon. What to do, then? Simply fabricate a scary-sounding record. So viewers of the Elitist Media evening news are now blasted with the artificial “calendar days” caveat. Anything to scare viewers into voting for Democrats.
But how long does that last? How many cycles before someone makes up some other artificial and scary-sounding statistic intended to convey a sense of economic DOOM? There are still two and a half weeks left, so we’ll find out together.
Below is the full transcript of the aforementioned report as aired on NBC nightly News on Thursday, October 15th, 2026:
TOM LLAMAS: Ukraine's President Zelenskyy tonight declaring President Trump's energy cease fire is over. With Russia never stopping its attacks, Ukraine saying it will resume striking Russian refineries, which could keep diesel prices rising. Here's Gabe Gutierrez.
GABE GUTIERREZ: Tonight, what President Trump called an energy cease fire has collapsed. Ukraine rattled by days of Russian strikes, has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declaring the cease fire over.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: That's it. Block is out.
GUTIERREZ: Zelenskyy now posting this satellite image showing what he says is a damaged airfield in Russia. But Russian president Vladimir Putin today saying there was no major damage to his country's refineries. Also today, a Ukrainian Defense Ministry source says Starshield internet service inside Ukraine is being restored, critical for air defenses.
ZELENSKYY: We understand what's going on because it was everywhere. The territory of- of the capital, of all the Ukraine.
GUTIERREZ: Starshield is the military version of Elon Musk's Starlink satellite network. Musk has denied any involvement in the temporary outage. Tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine have been growing since last week, when President Trump struck a deal with Russia to purchase diesel and lower prices at the pump for Americans ahead of the midterms. Gas prices now setting a record for the highest number of days above $4 a gallon in a calendar year, all amid the ongoing Iranian attacks on unarmed commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. This Singapore-flagged cargo ship sinking near the Strait. Singapore says it was hit by an unknown projectile. Iran says it hit a mine. Iran has attacked multiple ships in the last week, threatening the flow of oil worldwide, all as the U.S. has been successfully shepherding more tankers through the Strait.
LLAMAS: Gabe, back to that temporary outage of the Starshield internet service in Ukraine. You have some new reporting tonight on whether President Trump was involved?
GUTIERREZ: Yes, Tom, a senior administration official tells NBC news that the President made no such request. This comes after Elon Musk said any decision to reduce Starshield’s speed would have to come from the President or the Pentagon. Tom.
LLAMAS: Gabe, thank you.
