Day Before Covering Fast-Food 'Living Wage' Protests, MSNBC.com Writer

September 4th, 2014 4:55 PM
The day before he pounded the pavement in Durham, North Carolina, to cover fast-food employees protesting for a $15/hour "living wage" and the right to unionize, MSNBC.com writer and All In w/Chris Hayes reporter Ned Resnikoff posted a tweet wishing for the services of an unpaid intern.  "Seeking an unpaid intern to generate #content. Will be paid in college credit and Hot Takes," Resnikoff…

MSNBC.com Reporter Initially Omits Big Labor Connection to Minimum Wag

July 10th, 2014 4:45 PM
MSNBC is not limited to televised displays of liberal bias. On the economics page of MSNBC.com, reporter Ned Resnikoff published an article earlier today entitled “Gap between minimum wage and tipped wage hits record high.” The All In with Chris Hayes contributor cited a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) claiming that tipped workers make a “significantly lower than the overall…

MSNBC.com Laments the Hard-knock Life of... Yoga Instructors

July 7th, 2014 6:38 PM
Does the Lean Forward network ever tire of its absurd effort to make damn near everyone in the country a victim of free-market capitalism? This afternoon, MSNBC.com Ned Resnikoff examined the plight of the country's "overstretched and underpaid" yoga instructors. "For some, it’s a spiritual calling, an exercise regimen, or a lifestyle choice. But for a growing number of people in the United…

MSNBC.com Complains As 'UAW Throws In the Towel' Over Election Loss in

April 21st, 2014 5:31 PM
In mid-February, the United Auto Workers lost a crucial unionization vote at a Chattanooga, Tenn., Volkswagen auto plant. Rather than licking their wounds and accepting the outcome, a slew of liberal pundits, including MSNBC's Ed Schultz, cried foul and agitated for the United Auto Workers to call on the federal government to essentially insist on a do-over election, predicated on the notion…

MSNBC.com Hypes Fear That 'Workers' Could 'Lose... Right to a Weekend

January 17th, 2014 12:45 PM
A bill before the Wisconsin state legislature would repeal a provision in state law which mandates that employees of private businesses must get one day off after every six worked. Proponents of the bill argue the measure will allow business owners and their employees to have greater flexibility in scheduling and permit an employee to volunteer to work a seventh-straight day. But to the folks…

Press Ignores Record Number of Food Stamp Households, But Frequently C

June 18th, 2013 11:23 PM
A search at Google News on "households food stamps record" done at 9 p.m. ET (not in quotes, sorted by date, with duplicates and similar items) returned three items. Two are at the Daily Caller (here and here); and the other is at Reason.com. Program statistics for March, the latest month available, show that a record 23.12 million households -- one in every five in the U.S. -- received food…