http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14865/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-praises-hope-jobs-saved-or-created-stimulus <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>It’s been over 100 days since President Barack Obama signed the $787-billion stimulus bill into law and to commemorate that milestone, one media outlet hailed it as a success, at least in one corner of the world.</p><p>The May 28 “NBC Nightly News” illustrated how one single project “saved or created” jobs and gave a beleaguered community “hope.” “Nightly News” fill-in anchor Lester Holt echoed Obama’s words from a speech on May 27 in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:city>, where the president took credit for saving the economy from the “brink.”</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nightly-news-praises-hope-jobs-saved-or-created-stimulus" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy Government BarackObama bradheath bridge infrastructure LesterHolt LisaMyers NBC NightlyNews savedorcreated Stimulus USAToday Fri, 29 May 2009 13:56:38 +0000 admin 26772 at http://archive2.mrc.org