IncomeGap http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6125/all en ABC Highlights 'Sharp' Increase in Income Gap http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-highlights-sharp-increase-income-gap <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/kyle-gillis">Kyle Gillis</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>To have, or not to have. This is the question the media love to hype up.</p> <p>In August 5 story for <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/ranks-millionaires-club-climbs-numbers-people-living-poverty/story?id=11327341&amp;page=1"></a>ABCNews.com, reporter Rich Blake touted government data indicating a record number of food stamp recipients and a “sharp” increase in the number of millionaires. Blake attempted to walk the straight-and-narrow line by noting the ambiguity of the data:</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/abc-highlights-sharp-increase-income-gap" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Labor abc IncomeGap Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:42:54 +0000 admin 27148 at http://archive2.mrc.org "Have-Lots" vs. "Have-Nots" in Connecticut http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/have-lots-vs-have-nots-connecticut <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> No left-wing slant here: &quot;...the income gap between the have-lots and the have-nots is widening faster in Connecticut than in any other state.&quot; </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/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">As the Times stokes recession fears, two liberal labor-backed groups, The Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, have become <a href=" <a href="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080331123854.aspx" title="http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080331123854.aspx">http://www.timeswatch.org/articles/2008/20080331123854.aspx</a> " target="_self">quite popular with the Times, and their work is cited again in Alison Leigh Cowan's Wednesday Metro report, "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/nyregion/09income.html " target="_self">Income </a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/nyregion/09income.html ">Gap in Connecticut Is Growing Fastest, Study Fi</a></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/have-lots-vs-have-nots-connecticut" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Economy Taxes AlisonLeighCowan CBPP Connecticut EPI IncomeGap LabelingBias NewYorkTimes NYTimes TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:38:00 +0000 admin 6100 at http://archive2.mrc.org