age of austerity http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24293/all en Networks Complain about ‘Age of Austerity’ Under Obama http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-complain-about-age-austerity-under-obama <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> ABC, CBS and NBC criticize Republicans for ‘austerity,’ ignore skyrocketing debt and spending. </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">Finally, President Barack Obama will end years of deep spending cuts and balanced budgets, with his latest budget. At least that’s what he and The Washington Post seem to think.</p><p dir="ltr">On Feb. 20, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/with-2015-budget-request-obama-will-call-for-an-end-to-era-of-austerity/2014/02/20/332808c2-9a6e-11e3-b931-0204122c514b_story.html">Post</a> proclaimed in a headline that Obama would “call for an end to the era of austerity” in his 2015 budget.</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-complain-about-age-austerity-under-obama" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy Government Media Politics abc age of austerity Austerity austerity politics blame Republicans Budget cbs Columnists GOP NBC New York Times obama politics Spending spending cuts Washington Post Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:00:33 +0000 julia.seymour 45689 at http://archive2.mrc.org