Sanchez Admits He's Wrong: White House Did Say Unemployment Wouldn't E

Noel Sheppard
September 7th, 2010 3:25 PM
CNN's Rick Sanchez took a very strong position about a White House promise on Monday only to have to backtrack and admit he was wrong 45 minutes later.During Monday's "Rick's List," Sanchez challenged Republican National Committee communications director Doug Heye about his claim that the Obama administration said the unemployment rate wouldn't exceed eight percent if Congress enacted the…
 

AP Waters Down Impact of Romer's 'Stimulus Has Had Biggest Impact' Rem

Tom Blumer
October 24th, 2009 10:35 AM
It would appear that the Apparatchik Press -- er, the Associated Press -- thinks that part of its job is to soften the impact of embarrassing admissions made by Obama administration members. Take the wire service's Thursday afternoon AP report by Jim Kuhnhenn on Council of Economic Advisers' chair Christine Romer's observations about the stimulus package. Romer said (in AP's words) that "the…