With Poverty on the Rise, NBC Urges More Welfare Spending; No Blame fo

Kyle Drennen
September 16th, 2011 11:48 AM
On Friday's NBC Today, correspondent Tom Costello described how "Nearly one in six Americans is living in poverty. 16 million are children. That's 3 million more than three years ago." However, nowhere in his report on the growing problem did he mention the Obama administration's failed economic policies as a cause. Instead, Costello lamented over possible cuts to government welfare programs…