FinancialCrisis

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 Touts Report Blaming Financial Crisis on Lack of Government Regulation...Authored by Democrats

On Wednesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric proclaimed: "The federal commission that investigated the financial meltdown has reportedly concluded it could have been avoided. The New York ...

Social Security: Government 'Ponzi' Scheme Turns 75 with $41 Billion Shortfall

Social Security with its 'trust fund' of IOUs is in serious fiscal trouble, but you wouldn't guess it from the mainstream news media.

'60 Minutes' Silent on Government Role in Financial Crisis

A 24-minute CBS report on the financial crisis never once mentioned federal government complicity.

Verdict First, Evidence Later: Bankers Delivering Testimony on Hill the 'Lowest of Low-Lifes'

Fair and balanced coverage from Mark Leibovich of the financial crisis hearings on Capitol Hill: "The four bankers of the apocalypse strode into the room for the Congressional equivalent of a perp ...

Edmund Andrews on Wall Street Crisis: 'There Really Were a Lot of Crooks Out There'

Recent Times financial reporter Edmund Andrews, who posed as a victim of the mortgage crisis in a book, claims the wanton recklessness on Wall Street that nearly wrecked the economy has exposed ...

Paul Krugman Wishes Obama Had Done More to Exploit Financial Crisis

Columnist Paul Krugman refers to the Great Depression to call Obama's massive stimulus package "trivial stuff" in comparison, and wishes Obama had not let the financial crisis "go to waste" by ...

Crying Populist Concern Over Goldman Sachs' "Gilded Pay Packages"

The Times sees populist pitchforks being sharpened as Goldman Sachs dares to make a record profit and give out bonuses: "...in Washington, some lawmakers warned on Tuesday that a quick return to ...

Cable News Partisanship: Good on Leftist MSNBC, Not on Anti-Obama CNBC

After celebrating MSNBC's move to the left and resulting ratings surge, the Times frets that CNBC is "making the line between reporter and commentator almost indistinguishable at times" as it ...

Fox News Panelists Excoriate "Mortgage Bonfire" Hit Piece on Bush

Fortune Magazine's Washington Bureau Chief Nina Easton: "I have to say I was flabbergasted when I read this story, flabbergasted....You cannot write a story about affordable housing policies and ...
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