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Nathan Burchfiel
Nathan Burchfiel | March 3, 2008

     A job shortage is sweeping across the nation, impoverishing minorities and plunging the economy into a recession along the way … according to The New York Times. It would be stunning if only the numbers backed it up.

     “As the…

Nathan Burchfiel | February 29, 2008

     When it comes to climate change the media often sound like a broken record – repeating gloomy predictions and calls for “action.”

     In fact, some reporters have even made it their “mission” to prove that global warming will have…

Nathan Burchfiel | February 29, 2008

     Welcome to the Twilight Zone.

     Fresh off of Bianna Golodryga’s “tidbits of good news” on ABC’s “Good Morning America” February 27, NBC “Today” show contributor Erin Burnett found her own economic “silver lining” February 29.…

Nathan Burchfiel | February 28, 2008

     As the ceaseless recession talk continues, the language creep continues. Does it really matter whether it’s a “recession” or a “slowdown”?

     “It’s so much about semantics,” Burnett said on the February 28 NBC “Today” show when…

Nathan Burchfiel | 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…

Nathan Burchfiel | 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…