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The Five Percent Solution
Matthew Yglesias —
... MediaMatters takes a look and finds that only five percent of guests brought on cable to talk about the stimulus package were economists. ...
Expertise
Political Animal —
EXPERTISE.... When a war dominates the news, those with military expertise tend to appear on television news quite a bit. When a hurricane is the big story, meteorologists get a lot of airtime. If a medical issue is the focus of attention, medical professionals keep busy on TV. So, in light of the economy and the stimulus bill, economists have been all over the cable networks? Apparently not . A Media Matters study of Sunday talk shows and 12 cable news programs from January 25 through February 8 found that few economists have been given time on television to talk about the ...
Economists comprise only 5 percent of cable news guests debating economic recovery plan.
Think Progress —
... those of their Democratic colleagues in the debate surrounding the economic recovery bill on cable television news. In a new report, Media Matters adds that economists have been largely absent from the debate on these TV programs: ...
Where Were The Economists?
Daily Kos —
It's not like we needed proof that news programs are more infotainment than news, but this really drives the point home: A Media Matters study of Sunday talk shows and 12 cable news programs from January 25 through February 8 found that few economists have been given time on television to talk about the economic recovery plan. During 139 1/2 hours of programming in which the economic recovery legislation was discussed, economists made 25 guest appearances out of a total of 460 -- only 5 percent. As the country faced the next Great ...
Media Stimulus Coverage A Complete Embarrassment (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Media Matters crunched the numbers and found that actual economists got 5% of the newshole share. Instead, we got plenty of airtime given to inept and ignorant people like Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, ...
Media Stimulus Coverage A Complete Embarrassment (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Media Matters crunched the numbers and found that actual economists got 5% of the newshole share. Instead, we got plenty of airtime given to inept and ignorant people like Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, ...
Impersonations-2
Open Left - Front Page —
Earlier this month, on February 11, Media Matters announced:
A Media Matters study of Sunday talk shows and 12 cable news programs from January 25 through February 8 found that few economists have been given time on television to talk about the economic recovery plan. During 139 1/2 hours of programming in which the economic recovery legislation was discussed, economists made 25 guest appearances out of a total of 460 -- only 5 percent.
As if that weren't bad enough, Media Matters went on to say: ...
