Business & Media Institute Director Dan Gainor appeared on the Fox Business Network December 21, 2007, to discuss the media's coverage of the economy. Full of Christmas spirit, Gainor had kind words for two mainstream reporters.
"Even in the mainstream media there are people who get it. Looking back this year one of the big stars whose improvement was surprising is CNN's Ali Velshi who delivers a much calmer look," Gainor said.
"It's nice to see somebody out there saying, ‘Oh, actually the markets aren't really doing that bad," he said, praising ABC's Bianna Golodryga. The "Good Morning America" reporter received high marks for balanced coverage of the stock market.
But Gainor wasn't all nice, noting, "When I can basically pick out by name the people who have done a pretty good job then that means some other people need to get on the stick."
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What? Ali Velshi? He's
December 26, 2007 - 11:32 ET by DaBirdWhat? Ali Velshi? He's horrible. This guy is doing all he can to talk this nation into a recession. On his show Your Money, one week he was railing how we weren't spending enough money over christmas, which of course meant a recession is more than inevitable. Then the next week on his show he is saying we spend money needlessly over the holidays. That we should spend less because we don't need all the items we are buying. This guy is all over the place. His is the only show on CNN that I will watch, because he makes me laugh at how obvious he is at trying to convince people that we need to elect democrats.
It's just an improvement
December 26, 2007 - 13:01 ET by Stuart JamesHe is bad but he has gotten a lot better, he's even started making a few retractions when he's called out on his mistakes. That deserves come credit.