economy

True Confessions of a Befuddled Treasury Secretary

Timmy Geithner is experimenting.

It's the Economy, Stupids!

Time for media, Obama and Congress to wake up and smell the gloom and doom.

NBC: Stimulus Started Economic 'Healing,' Auto Bailout Was a 'Gutsy Call' by Obama

An otherwise straightforward report on bad economic news on Friday's NBC Today cited economist Diane Swonk, who argued government stimulus prevented things from getting worse: "We basically had a ...

NBC's Kathie Lee Praises 'Nonpartisan' Ed Asner Film that Blames Capitalism for Financial Crisis

In the 10AM ET hour on NBC's Today on Monday, co-host Kathie Lee Gifford applauded the new HBO movie on the 2008 financial crisis, 'Too Big to Fail,' as "not a partisan film at all." However, ...

CBS Gives Obama Over 26 Minutes to Lecture on the Economy

CBS gave President Obama over 26 and a half minutes to answer 12 questions related to the economy during a town hall aired on Thursday's Early Show. Obama got six uninterrupted minutes to answer ...

CNN: 'Is It Time for the GOP to Blink When It Comes to Tax Hikes?'

CNN's Jack Cafferty hinted Monday that despite Republican opposition to tax hikes, the extra revenue could help the country. Then on Tuesday morning, anchor Carol Costello framed Republicans as ...

Cancel the Election Already? CNN Anchor Asks If Obama Is 'Unbeatable' in 2012

If CNN's Roland Martin gives the same answer as a tea party conservative, you know you've asked him a pretty bizarre question. On Monday's 10 a.m. EDT news hour, CNN anchor Carol Costello asked ...

Mark Halperin: Press Would Be 'Up In Arms' If GOP President Framed Opposition's Budget as Un-American

Time's Mark Halperin bluntly called out the mainstream media for their double standard on Thursday's "Morning Joe." If, as Obama did Wednesday, a Republican president framed his opposition's ...

Fighting Spending Cuts in Ohio, NYT Focuses on Union Jobs, Not $8B Deficit

Liberal sob stories and left-wing income statistics from New York Times reporter Sabrina Tavernise in defense of unionized public-sector workers in Ohio: "Now, as Ohio's legislature moves toward ...

Stimulus Two Years Later, Networks Ignore Obama's Failed Job Promise

Eight percent unemployment prediction rarely made broadcast evening news.
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