economy

Year Ago GDP Jump 'Disappointing'; This Year Negative GDP: 'Whole Lot Brighter,' ABC Credits 'Stimulus'

7/31/2009 9:05 PM ET

A year ago, when GDP rose 1.9%, CBS centered a story around the "disappointing" news while ABC and NBC ignored it. But Friday night, Katie Couric crowed a 1% Q2 decline means the "glimmer of hope ...

ABC Bashes U.S. Maternity Leave Policies: Again Links Them to Swaziland, Liberia

6/16/2009 7:01 PM ET

On Tuesday's Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer complained about America's maternity leave policies for women, and for the fourth time in slightly more than two years, the show connected them to ...

ABC Offers Skeptical Take on Obama's Stimulus Claims; CBS, NBC Uncritical

5/29/2009 2:10 PM ET

On Friday's Good Morning America, ABC's Jake Tapper provided a skeptical, challenging analysis of the Obama administration's claims about the economic stimulus bill. Tapper wondered: "How much of ...

Media Myth: Networks Ignore Trillion-Dollar Price Tag of Climate Cap Bill

5/28/2009 5:08 PM ET

Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill leaves committee while ABC, CBS, NBC remain silent.

The Trap Door Beneath His Throne

5/20/2009 10:53 AM ET

The legions of unemployed peasants will someday bring down our imperial president.

ABC's Diane Sawyer Pleads for European-style Gas Tax

5/19/2009 11:08 AM ET

Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer on Tuesday aggressively lobbied for the Obama administration to install a European-style gas tax on the United States. Talking to Carol Browner, Assistant to ...