yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/12/2009
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MediaMatters takes a look and finds that only five percent of guests brought on cable to talk about the stimulus package were economists.
Now of course there are plenty of aspects to the stimulus debate that aren’t really about economics. But it’s been striking to me watching ...
walt.foreignpolicy.com - 2/10/2009
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Lots of smart people have been focusing on
the Israeli elections and trying to make sense of...
their immediate implications for the peace process. I can’t improve on the analyses provided by Glenn Greenwald , Yossi Alpher , Bernard Avishai , or Uri ...
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What do we do if the "two-state" solution collapses?
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... . 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. Now, I don't expect the number to be near 100%. As Matt Yglesias noted , there are "plenty of aspects to the stimulus debate that aren't really about economics." The cable networks are bound to have ...
Economists comprise only 5 percent of cable news guests debating economic recovery plan.
Think Progress —
... by Crooks and Liars’ John Amato: “I’m sure you’ve heard about the hundreds of economists that are either for or against President Obama’s stimulus plan. My question to the media is: Where are they?” Matt Yglesias notes, “[I]t’s been striking to me watching things how often you’ll have what amounted to an anchor talking to a political reporter about a substantive policy question neither of them understood.” ...
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