http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23920/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/medias-top-10-most-embarrassing-predictions-2013 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Getting it wrong, news outlets’ erroneous forecasts: Healthcare.gov like online shopping, abundant Atlantic hurricanes, $24 billion government shutdown and more. </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/sean-long">Sean Long</a> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">Print, broadcast or web, the media sure aren’t Nostradamus. In spite of their best attempts, the news media have gotten it wrong prediction after prediction on a wide range of business and economic issues in 2013.</p><p dir="ltr">Just in the past year, reporters warned of “economic doomsday,” thought Healthcare.gov was going to be “easy” just like Amazon.com, and warned of melting polar ice, even as a new record was set for ice mass.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Sean Long is Staff Writer at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@SeanLong717" target="_blank">Follow Sean Long on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/medias-top-10-most-embarrassing-predictions-2013" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Environment Government Health Media Politics Amazon atlantic hurricanes climate error Fed fiscal cliff fiscal doomsday food prices Forecasts gas prices government shutdown HealthCare.gov hurricane forecast ice ice melt meat shortages monetary policy obamacare obamacare website Predictions price forecasts QE3 quantatitive easing sequester stock market Wall Street you can keep your plan Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:15:24 +0000 julia.seymour 45145 at http://archive2.mrc.org