http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24173/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-promote-wage-hikes-ignore-critics-89-percent-stories <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Even when broadcasts mention opposition, they undermine it. </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">The left’s push to increase the federal minimum wage was renewed in January, even being promoted by the president. The networks’ covered the topic from the left, ignoring concerns about wage hikes the vast majority of the time.</p><p dir="ltr">ABC, CBS and NBC news programs ignored conservative objections to minimum wage proposals 89 percent of the time (17 of 19 stories), immediately undermining these views when they were mentioned.</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/networks-promote-wage-hikes-ignore-critics-89-percent-stories" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Economy Government Labor Media Politics Barack Obama consumer prices economy federal minimum wage hiring jobs Minimum Wage Poverty prices state minum wage State of the Union wage hikes wage increases Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:25:44 +0000 julia.seymour 45531 at http://archive2.mrc.org