Economy

Julia A. Seymour | May 9, 2017

April marked the lowest unemployment rate in a decade, but that didn’t stop one NBC news show from spending far more time covering jobs being lost to Mexico.

Julia A. Seymour | May 4, 2017

The CEO of AT&T insisted that tax reform spurs business investment, which will lead to hiring and wage growth in an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box a week after the president proposed reforms.

AT&T CEO and…

Julia A. Seymour | May 2, 2017

Proposing tax cuts is the surest way to turn the liberal news media into deficit hawks. That’s exactly what happened in network coverage of President Donald Trump’…

Julia A. Seymour | April 21, 2017

Pollution is all capitalism’s fault, according to the socialists at Liberation.

“Earth Day then vs. now: Capitalism is still killing us,”…

James Powers | April 7, 2017

The liberal media have minimized it, but some business leaders are thrilled with President Donald Trump’s economic proposals.

At the White House April 4, the president met with more than 50 CEOs and business leaders to…

Julia A. Seymour | April 5, 2017

President Donald Trump got elected with promises to rev up the economy and create millions of jobs, so he has made sitting down with CEOs, executives and small business leaders a priority. Only it’s been a media priority to ignore…

James Powers | April 4, 2017

Even in the face of obvious failure, the liberal media deflect blame for Venezuela’s economic collapse away from socialism.

On April 1, New York Times columnists Max Fisher and Amanda Taub blamed “populism…

Aly Nielsen | March 29, 2017

Liberal climate blogs have insulted climate change skeptics with a term reminiscent of Holocaust deniers almost every other day — just since Donald Trump’s election.

InsideClimate News, DeSmogBlog and Grist smeared people…

Julia A. Seymour | March 14, 2017

While financial news networks, companies and economists linked optimism over President Donald Trump’s proposed economic policies to the strong jobs report, only one of three broadcast networks — CBS — made that…

Julia A. Seymour | March 9, 2017

Twelve. That’s how many records the Dow Jones Industrial Average set in a row in 2017. Twelve new records, 12 sessions in a row.

Seven. That’s how few stories three combined networks devoted in their…

Julia A. Seymour | March 9, 2017

It’s not everyday that a payroll jobs analysis crushes expectations by coming in 100K above the forecast. So when it does, it should be big news.

And it was for some media outlets, but not to the broadcast…

Sam Dorman | January 19, 2017

MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor denounced NBC’s attempt to downplay President-elect Donald Trump’s role in bringing new jobs to the U.S.

On twitter, Trump credited himself for new job creation on Jan. 17…

Sam Dorman | January 11, 2017

Broadcast networks barely covered the skyrocketing national debt in the past year, but spent far more time on toy animals called Hatchimals. ABC and NBC gave the toy sensation three times more coverage than the debt.

As of Jan. 9, the…

Sam Dorman | January 4, 2017

Now even the price of razors is sexist, according to one Huffington Post UK editor.

Associate Women’s Editor Jenavieve Hatch applauded a British supermarket chain Tesco for lowering the price of women’s razors to that of men…

Julia A. Seymour | December 28, 2016

Liberals still sore over Donald Trump’s electoral victory are bashing the president-elect by any means, including through liberal media outlets.

In the…

Sam Dorman | December 19, 2016

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average neared the 20,000 mark for the first time in history, the index set 16 closing-day record highs since Donald Trump’s election.

Even some liberal media outlets have drawn a direct connection…

Julia A. Seymour | December 14, 2016

2016 was a crazy year. Many celebrities died including Gene Wilder, David Bowie and Prince. So did Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Americans also had ringside seats to the presidential boxing match between Apprentice star…

Sam Dorman | December 2, 2016

Not everyone in the news media cheered on the November jobs report. Fox Business Network (FBN) anchor Stuart Varney criticized the report’s numbers on Dec. 2.

“178,000 new jobs created. Let’s call that a weak report,…

Sam Dorman | December 1, 2016

More than a month before Donald Trump takes office, he saved 1,000 manufacturing jobs. But the very anti-Trump New York Times gratuitously downplayed that news.

According to the Dec. 1, Wall Street Journal, Trump and Vice President-elect…

Sam Dorman | November 30, 2016

Journalists like to point out the 1950s and ’60s classic cars dominating Cuba’s streets, but in the wake of dictator Fidel Castro’s death they largely…