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FLASHBACK: NYT Tried to Spin 1970s Stagflation to Protect Carter Too

Business
June 10th, 2022 11:06 AM

Remember when The New York Times attempted to spin the 1970s stagflation crisis in order to protect former President Jimmy Carter’s political image before the 1980 elections? MRC Business does.

WashPost Once Said ‘Fears’ of Gas Price Spike Under Biden ‘Overblown’

Business
June 8th, 2022 5:35 PM

The Washington Post desperately tried to protect President Joe Biden from the political fallout of a gas price spike that it pretended in 2020 wouldn’t happen under his leadership.

Paul Krugman Triggered Voters Blame Biden for Sky-High Inflation

Business
June 6th, 2022 10:27 AM

New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman continued his downward spiral into parody by letting voters know he’s triggered over them blaming President Joe Biden for the inflation monster eating their wallets.

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Look at the Stupid Way CNN Covered the ‘Quirky’ GDP Contraction News

Business
April 28th, 2022 4:49 PM

CNN’s Matt Egan spun himself into a whirlpool of insanity trying to downplay bad economic growth. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that Gross Domestic Product contracted 1.4 percent in Q1, which was the complete opposite of economists who estimated a 1 percent increase, a 2.4 percentage point miss. 

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Morning Broadcast Nets Ignore Terrible Economic News

Business
April 28th, 2022 12:21 PM

Americans woke up Thursday morning to an economy that contracted in the first quarter. The ABC, CBS and NBC morning news shows ignored the story.

Down on Capitalism: NYT Crossword Blames Free Markets for ‘Greed’

Business
February 22nd, 2022 11:52 AM

The New York Times appears to be drunk on its hatred of American capitalism. The liberal rag stooped to burying its Marxist swipes at freemarkets in its — *checks notes* — crossword puzzle.

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Big Three Downplay Stumbling S&P’s ‘Worst-Ever’ First 16 Trading Days

Business
January 26th, 2022 5:20 PM

The Dow Jones industrial average took an icy plunge of more than 1,000 points on Monday — its worst start “ever” — but ABC, NBC, and CBS chose to whitewash the shocking news and gave the story just minutes of coverage.

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CBS’s Latest Socialism Sales Pitch: ‘Maybe You Can Be Too Rich’

January 25th, 2022 2:21 PM

On CBS Sunday Morning, the broadcast network made a new push to sell socialism by arguing that billionaires shouldn’t be allowed to exist and that their wealth should be seized by the government and spent on left-wing priorities like climate change. The segment featured radical guests demanding wealth redistribution and advocating the notion that “maybe you can be too rich.”

DISASTROUS! New York Times Defends Hike in Minimum Wage

Business
January 24th, 2022 4:24 PM

President Joe Biden announced a minimum wage hike to $15 per hour, and naturally, The New York Times took the side of Big Government mandates. This follows the bad economic news for Americans under the Biden regime: rapidly rising inflation, empty grocery store shelves and “a shrinking workforce.” 

Krugman’s New Schtick Is Convincing People ‘2021 Was Pretty Amazing’

Business
January 5th, 2022 5:51 PM

New York Times economist Paul Krugman is once again making a fool of himself by letting everyone know he believes that 2021 was actually a great year for the economy. Really.

NONSENSE! NY Mag Sells ‘Price Controls’ to Fight Inflation

Business
January 4th, 2022 12:04 PM

Inflation is skyrocketing, so let’s make matters worse! That seems to be the logic behind the “price controls” New York Magazine is promoting as a serious idea to fight off inflation. 

Economist Who Downplayed Inflation Says He’s Still ‘Team Transitory’

Business
December 30th, 2021 11:55 AM

An elitist economist is insulting his readers by doubling down on the much-criticized notion that spiking inflation is only “transitory.” 

Washington Post Cries GOP ‘Primed to Pounce on Inflation’ in 2022

Business
December 29th, 2021 12:22 PM

The Washington Post tried to whip out the generic “Republicans have pounced” cliché in order to spin some of the attention on skyrocketing prices away from President Joe Biden.

FAIL: Recent CNN Poll Shows Voters Didn’t Buy Network’s Economic Spin

Business
December 22nd, 2021 10:54 AM

CNN has gone above and beyond the call of propaganda to spin economic coverage to benefit President Joe Biden’s White House. A new poll it released shows that effort has floundered.