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Carl Bernstein: Clintons Bring Unity Through 'Real Wisdom
Veteran Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein appeared on Wednesday's "Morning Joe" and gushed that Barack Obama's appointment of Hillary Clinton to the State Department will benefit from the "real wisdom" Bill Clinton has "when it comes to foreign policy." Continuing to fawn over the President-elect's cabinet choices, Bernstein enthused, "And the real thing about this appointment, though, is…
December 3rd, 2008 4:55 PM
Dear Toledo Blade: Americans Can Invest in Companies Without Bailouts
If the public aren't investing in auto manufacturers, why should Congress?
December 3rd, 2008 4:27 PM
Journalists are MIA on Bailouts
Real reporting would give taxpayers details, perspective on automakers and government.
December 3rd, 2008 3:45 PM
NBC Discovers Union Role in Auto Industry Turmoil
Unlike most other coverage, 'Today' segment highlights UAW contracts as 'albatross' for Big Three.
December 3rd, 2008 3:05 PM
Krugman Claims Government Has $10 Trillion 'Cushion
Pro-intervention economist and Nobel Prize winner tells 'Good Morning America' viewers that trillions more could be spent to fix the economy.
December 3rd, 2008 2:11 PM
Dana Milbank on CNN: 'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy' Trying to Stop Hilla
During his regular “Political Daily Briefing’ feature on CNN’s “No Bias, No Bull” program on Tuesday evening, Dana Milbank of the Washington Post used Hillary Clinton’s famous descriptive about her conservative opponents in describing one group’s latest effort against the outgoing New York senator: “A group called Judicial Watch, charter members of the vast right-wing conspiracy -- they were on…
December 3rd, 2008 1:35 PM
Dear WSJ: Government Can't Even Get Socialism Right
Auto industry and 'sadistic' anti-capitalists.
December 3rd, 2008 1:33 PM
Shhhhhhhh! Dow Loses Nearly 2,300 When Bernanke Talks
In last six months, 65 percent of days when Fed chairman speaks show market declines, including three of worst drops in history.
December 3rd, 2008 1:30 PM
Networks Darken 'Black Friday
Broadcast journalists marginalize increased turnout, spending; focus on downbeat angles of holiday shopping.
December 3rd, 2008 12:20 PM
NPR: 'Tennessee Racists Vote for McCain, Elect Republicans to State Le
Against the odds, GOP candidates in the state of Tennessee experienced a historic win. In addition to delivering the state to John McCain, Republicans won both chambers of the state legislature. And, as the Wall Street Journal reported, "Sen. Lamar Alexander became the first Republican to carry all but one county in his re-election win -- even taking a quarter of Tennessee's black votes." NPR was…
December 3rd, 2008 11:47 AM
Maddow's Response to News of Recession: Irrational Exuberance
Hey gang, didya hear the news? It's official, according to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC -- we're in a recession! Maddow could barely contain her mirth on her cable show Monday in conveying word of the National Bureau of Economic Research reporting that the economy officially dropped into recession last December.Here's how Maddow described it --It may not seem like news to learn as we did officially…
December 3rd, 2008 11:35 AM