Economy

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Liberal Politics Ignored, Yellen’s Gender the Focus of Network Coverage

ABC, CBS, NBC gush over ‘historical’ nature of confirmation, exclude her left-wing views.
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Twisted Logic from MSNBC's Hayes: Paying People Not to Work Encourages Them to 'Get Back to Work'

Friday's All In with Chris Hayes exhibited host Hayes's latest example of fuzzy logic as he argued that paying people unemployment benefits, rather than encouraging them to go longer without ...
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Networks’ Discussions of Fed Stimulus 91 Percent Positive

ABC, CBS and NBC mostly ignore criticism of quantitative easing and evidence it has done little to stimulate economy.
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Daily Beast's Goldberg Lauds Pope As 'Voice Against the Tyranny' of 'Global Capitalism'

Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's All In with Chris Hayes on MSNBC, the Daily Beast's Michelle Goldberg praised Pope Francis as a "voice against the tyranny or the hegemony of global capitalism" ...
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MSNBC's Hayes Pushes Hiring More Govt Workers, Jokes 'Let's Just Have Another Census'

On Tuesday's All In on MSNBC, during a discussion of the federal budget and spending on poverty programs, host Chris Hayes suggesting reducing unemployment by having the government hire workers as ...
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HuffPost: Halt All Housing Construction to Stop Climate Change

Columnist Advocates “Radical Change” While Ignoring Economic Impact.
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Networks Hype High Estimate of Shutdown Cost, Job Loss

OMB finds damage to economy just one-fourth the reported size but gets little coverage.
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Exceptionalism

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Networks Hype Threat of Default, But Were Wrong about ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Impact

Five failed predictions of ‘fiscal doomsday’ the networks hyped during cliff crisis and sequester.
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58% of Network Stories Claim Default Inevitable by Oct. 17; Experts Disagree

Market insiders: Default would be weeks away, if even then.
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