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Mornings Nets Largely Ignore Highest Inflation SPIKE Since 1981

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The NBC, CBS and ABC morning news shows largely ignored a devastating report showing that inflation skyrocketed in May for the fastest increase since December 1981.

NBC Brings On Hurricane Hypers to Deny Hyping Irene

On Monday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer introduced a panel discussion on whether media coverage of Hurricane Irene was overdone by proclaiming: "Was this storm over-hyped? In some ways, it's a one-sentence argument, this storm killed more than 20 people and 4 million people are without power, and clearly there's misery and destruction. How could it have been over-hyped?" Weatherman Al…