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February 28, 2008
As the economy has slowed and indicators have started showing signs of fatigue, historically negative media coverage has taken a turn for the worst, shifting from reporting on “recession” to all-out “depression.”
On “60 Minutes” January…
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February 27, 2008
There’s nothing scarier than reverting back to the days of yesteryear – when Jimmy Carter was president.
But evoking the memories of the 1970s and stagflation is now a common theme in the media. A disappointing rise in the producer price…
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February 27, 2008
Exploiting hot-button issues is the path to the White House and an increased majority in Congress according to Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean.
Dean, who was the keynote speaker for the Black History Month Celebration…
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February 27, 2008
Some in the media try claim that we are in the beginnings of a recession in an attempt to make the case for larger government intervention in the economy. It is instructive to consider an era when there was a truly severe economic downturn, the…
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February 27, 2008
Not-So-Great
Depression Coverage: All of the Hype, but None of the Bread
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February 27, 2008
Kudos to ABC’s “Good Morning America” and reporter Bianna Golodryga for illustrating that not all economy reporting has to highlight bad news.
“[W]e keep seeing that there are some signs of hope out there,” host Diane Sawyer said February…
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February 26, 2008
Better safe than sorry must be ABC’s motto.
Likening the threat of rising temperatures to the peril of nuclear annihilation, “Good Morning America” toured the recently opened “Doomsday Vault,” an underground ice fortress designed to…
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February 26, 2008
“It’s the economy, stupid.” How many times will we hear that line, originally uttered by Democratic operative James Carville in 1992, repeated this election cycle by the media?
Already in 2008 it’s been used at least once on the “NBC…
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February 25, 2008
Imagine being sent to a luxurious resort in Colorado to investigate a “posh” corporate event, but it gets canceled right before air time. What do you do? CBS covered it anyway.
“The execs who…
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February 25, 2008
Making predictions about the economy has been the thing to do as of late and energy prices are no exception. When the prediction is $4 gasoline, it should be taken seriously.
But like many other…
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