Matt Philbin
Managing Editor for MRC Culture
Matt Philbin | January 20, 2009

On Jan. 20, the same day Britain was fighting to avoid taking one or more of its banks under government control, Joe Balestrino, portfolio manager for Federated Investors, told anchor Dagen McDowell of Fox Business Network that he hoped for big…

Matt Philbin | January 2, 2009

On its website, Time Magazine has published a “Dirty Dozen” list of things and people “guilty” for our current economic woes. With 12 chances to assign blame, Time had 12 shots at fairness and journalistic balance. It failed all 12 times.

Matt Philbin | December 4, 2008

     Is it immature to say, “We told you so?”

 

     The Business & Media Institute on Nov. 6 noted the media’s tendency to grant incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel a…

Matt Philbin | December 3, 2008

     As a group, broadcast network journalists are incredibly adaptable. When their grim prophecies refuse to fulfill themselves, they persevere and find the clouds in the silver linings.

 

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Matt Philbin | November 25, 2008

     Perhaps in the wake of the election, all the nation’s free market economists took a page from Hollywood liberals’ book and left the country because they didn’t like the results. That would explain why the network news…

Matt Philbin | November 21, 2008

     Common sense dictates that executives shouldn’t fly on private jets to plead for taxpayer money in Washington. Journalistic sense dictates that reporters should report the facts, rather than engaging in populist…