http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23372/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/pension-crisis-networks-targeted-gun-investments-4-times-more-detroit-bankruptcy <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Journalists’ typical liberal spin kept viewers in the dark about Motor City fiscal problems. </div> </div> </div> <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/dan-gainor">Dan Gainor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>When <st1:city><st1:place>Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> declared bankruptcy in June, broadcasters acted like it was a shocking turn of events. NBC “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams told the “sad news from <st1:city><st1:place>Detroit</st1:place></st1:city>, the largest <st1:country-region><st1:place>U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> city to file for bankruptcy.” CBS’s Mark Strassman explained the scope of the city’s problem with $18 billlion in debt and “city workers owed $9 billion.” </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/pension-crisis-networks-targeted-gun-investments-4-times-more-detroit-bankruptcy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Economy Government Labor Media bankruptcy Detroit fiscal crisis gun companies Gun Control Labor pension pension crisis pension obligations Union Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:27:12 +0000 julia.seymour 44258 at http://archive2.mrc.org