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Julia A. Seymour | October 30, 2018

The economy “charged ahead in the third quarter,” according to The New York Times.

But the good news didn’t make it into the broadcast evening news coverage on Oct. 26, even though it was one of the final big economic…

Julia A. Seymour | October 24, 2018

Tax and spend liberals are at it again.

Although there were huge benefits to the 2017 tax cuts including a rise in take-home pay for a majority of American wage earners’ and hiring or investment expansions at hundreds of companies,…

Julia A. Seymour | October 18, 2018

The stock markets were volatile in October, including an all-time Dow Jones Industrial Average high and some “major” falls. Unfortunately, the broadcast networks preferred to show the bad side of the economy.

The network…

Julia A. Seymour | October 11, 2018

The liberal media’s latest warnings about the threat of manmade global warming have a familiar doomsday ring to them.

This week, the U.N. warned there are only 10-12 years to stop “irreversible” and catastrophic global…

Julia A. Seymour | October 10, 2018

Stopping coal use is a priority of climate alarmists and the environmental left, and a common talking point when the liberal media issue dramatic warnings. Sometimes, those talking points aren’t even vaguely true. Just ask The New York…

Julia A. Seymour | October 9, 2018

Unemployment dipped to the lowest rate since December 1969 in September, but ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows only spent exactly one minute combined sharing the strong economic news.

In contrast, just one of those shows spent more than…

Julia A. Seymour | October 3, 2018

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell expressed optimism about the “extraordinary times” for the U.S. economy right now at an event with business economists on Oct. 2.

Powell said, “The economy is strong, unemployment…

Julia A. Seymour | September 10, 2018

Tesla CEO Elon Musk acting strangely and smoking marijuana took priority over an good economic update on jobs. Six times more.

ABC, CBS and NBC evening news programs on Sept. 7, spent more than 6 times as much of those broadcasts…

Julia A. Seymour | August 30, 2018

Stocks set records, consumer confidence shot up, and economic growth estimates were revised up.

These three good economic news stories happened back to back to back on Aug. 27-29. Meanwhile, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News and…

Julia A. Seymour | August 6, 2018

Forget the good economy. That’s what one network did as ABC World News Tonight chose to ignore the news of 157,000 jobs added and 3.9 percent unemployment on Aug. 3. The broadcast networks took three very different approaches to covering…

Julia A. Seymour | July 31, 2018

After ignoring all three estimates of first quarter GDP growth, ABC, CBS and NBC found the second quarter estimate too good to overlook.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced on July 27, that the economy grew by 4.1 percent in the…

Julia A. Seymour | July 17, 2018

More Americans are quitting their jobs and even some media are admitting “that’s a good thing.”

The rising rate of American workers quitting their jobs voluntarily shows their confidence in the economy, especially the…

Julia A. Seymour | July 9, 2018

The June jobs report was more good news for American job seekers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced July 6, that 213,000 new jobs were added in June.

That was more than economists expected. The prior two months were also revised up…

Julia A. Seymour | June 26, 2018

Once again, the broadcast networks have proven they care more about economic news that makes President Donald Trump look bad, than stories that make him look good.

On June 25, CNBC reported that its All-America Economic Survey found…

Julia A. Seymour | June 20, 2018

The official announcement of second-quarter economic growth won’t be out until July 27, but already the predictions look good. Just don’t expect to hear them on ABC, CBS and NBC.

Economists and Wall Street firms have been crunching…

Julia A. Seymour | June 7, 2018

There are now more job openings in America than Americans looking for jobs.

The Wall Street Journal reported on June 5, that in spring 2018, the U.S. economy reached this unique milestone — the first time since the Labor Department…

Julia A. Seymour | June 4, 2018

The “booming jobs market” got very different treatment from each of the three broadcast networks as unemployment dropped to 3.8 percent.

While ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows all reported the “stronger than expected…

Julia A. Seymour | May 31, 2018

ABC, CBS and NBC are consistent.

Consistently willing to ignore economic news, that is.

On May 30, the government released the latest estimate of how fast the economy grew in the first quarter. The 2.2 percent growth was just shy…

Julia A. Seymour | May 22, 2018

California is king when it comes to environmental regulations, but the latest decision to mandate solar panels comes at a high price. For homeowners.

Those costs of freedom of choice and almost $10,000 higher construction expenses per…

Julia A. Seymour | May 14, 2018

When a conservative says something crazy, it makes headlines. When a liberal does you can hear the crickets.

Liberal mega-donor Tom Steyer recently entertained comparisons between President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler at one of his…