economy

NPR's Totenberg: Income Gap as Bad as 'People Came to this Country to Avoid'

10/15/2011 4:00 PM ET
On Friday's Inside Washington on PBS, NPR's Nina Totenberg incorrectly claimed that the "top tenth of one percent" of income earners in America "controls something like 20 or 30 percent" of the ...

NBC's David Gregory Worries Obama Didn't Exploit Economic Crisis Enough to Push Big Govt.

10/10/2011 2:12 PM ET
Interviewing Chicago Mayor and former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on Sunday's Meet the Press, host David Gregory fretted over the 2009 stimulus not being big enough: "Do you think this ...

CNN's Velshi Admits Press Went Soft on Obama's Tax Hike Plan

10/6/2011 5:52 PM ET
CNN's financial guru Ali Velshi admitted that the press didn't really challenge President Obama's proposal for tax hikes after his Thursday press conference on his jobs bill. Velshi, perhaps going ...

CNN's Cafferty Suggests a 'Fat Tax'

10/4/2011 6:58 PM ET
Decrying the rise of obesity in America, CNN's Jack Cafferty on Tuesday all but argued for a "Fat Tax" in the U.S., on foods high in saturated fat.

ABC and NBC Champion Left-Wing Anti-Capitalist Protests, Fueled by Cookies from a 'Grandmother in Idaho'

10/4/2011 10:06 AM ET
Very much unlike how they greeted the Tea Party protests, the networks are embracing the new left-wing/anti-capitalist protests, even failing to condemn their unruly behavior which resulted in 700 ...

CNN's Yellin Touts Wealthy Who Want Higher Taxes

9/26/2011 6:30 PM ET
CNN's Jessica Yellin, reporting on President Obama's virtual townhall Monday afternoon, noted two wealthy persons who wish to pay higher taxes ' but didn't mention the small businessman who during ...

CNN: Every 'Serious' Budget Expert Says 'Taxes Must Go Up'

9/19/2011 4:53 PM ET
CNN business correspondent Christine Romans claimed Monday that "any serious budget expert's analysis" concludes that taxes must increase. During CNN's coverage of President Obama's address ...

CNN's AM Hosts '08 Obama Supporter to Discuss Boehner's Jobs Plan - But Had No Conservative Expert On for Obama's Plan

9/16/2011 7:37 PM ET
CNN's American Morning brought on liberal academic Jeffrey Sachs to analyze Speaker Boehner's jobs plan Friday. Instead of hosting a conservative critic of President Obama the morning after he ...

NBC's Curry Chides 'Disrespectful' Republicans Not Attending Obama's Speech

9/8/2011 2:18 PM ET
Talking to MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Ann Curry fretted over a handful of congressional Republicans declining to attend President Obama's upcoming jobs speech to a ...

Media Embrace $300 Billion Jobs Rerun

9/8/2011 12:44 PM ET
Obama prepares to do more of the same and networks are ready to say 'yes we can.'
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