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ABC Blames Trump Tax Cuts for Dow Plunging Twice in One Week

February 8th, 2018 8:54 PM
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by over 1,000 points by Thursday's closing and the folks at ABC News were eager to place the blame on someone during World News Tonight. That someone, of course, was President Trump and the much welcomed GOP tax cuts, which were responsible for generous bonuses and wage increases across the country.

Nets Spend 2x More Airtime on Dow Drop Than Market Rebound

February 6th, 2018 8:50 PM
When the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down nearly 1,200 points on Monday, the three major network news outlets (ABC, CBS, and NBC) dedicated nearly 10 minutes of combined coverage to the drop when they began their evening broadcasts. 24 hours later, the market bounced back and closed with a 500-point rebound, but the networks spent roughly half as much time on the positive news.
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MSNBC: ‘Dangerous’ for Trump to Tout Stock Rise, Must ‘Own the Fall’

February 6th, 2018 4:48 PM

Throughout the day on Tuesday, MSNBC’s anchors and correspondents lectured President Trump on the perils of touting a surging stock market, in the wake of Monday’s losses. However, all of the journalists at the liberal cable channel seemed to forget how often Barack Obama similarly took credit for stocks being on the rise during his administration.

Networks Censored 75 Percent of Dow Record Highs Since Start of 2017

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February 6th, 2018 12:22 PM
While the early February market pullback has spooked some investors and already gained plenty of media attention, it illustrated all too well the broadcast networks’ tendency to cover bad economic news more than good. The networks skipped the vast majority of records as the market climbed throughout 2017 and the beginning of 2018.
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Bozell to Press: If You Hit Trump for Market Fall, Praise Him for Gain

February 6th, 2018 11:31 AM
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell on Tuesday instructed journalists that if they are really going to hammer Donald Trump for Monday’s stock market, then these reporters need to credit the economy’s roaring success as well. 
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Dow Down: NBC Freaks Out, CBS Criticizes Trump for Touting Tax Cuts

February 5th, 2018 9:39 PM
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday roughly 1,100 points down after dropping by nearly 1,600. The percentage lost was not record-setting, but that didn’t stop the liberal media from slapping President Trump with it since he often touted the markets as a sign his policies were working. The Big Three networks led their evening newscasts with the story. NBC’s stood out as the most…
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NBC: ‘President Possibly Learning’ to Stop Taking Credit for Market

February 5th, 2018 5:39 PM
All three networks on Monday broke in with special reports that the stock market plummeted over 1000 points. Yet, it was ABC that spun the bad news as time for Donald Trump to take ownership of the stock market. NBC, which hasn’t exactly promoted the idea that Trump had anything to do with last year’s gains, chided, “In the past, presidents have tried to shy away for taking too much credit for…
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Noyes Exposes Liberal Media’s Double Standard on Stock Market Coverage

February 5th, 2018 3:23 PM
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average taking another nosedive on Monday, the MRC’s Rich Noyes joined Neil Cavuto’s eponymous Fox Business Network program to discuss the findings of a study by MRC Business’s Julia Seymour that found a massive double standard from the major broadcast networks on stock market increases vs. tumbles.

Single Day Stock Drop Gets 33 Percent More Coverage than Dow 25K, 26K

Business
February 5th, 2018 1:19 PM
When the Dow Jones Industrial Average “nosedived” by nearly 666 points on Feb. 2, it got plenty of network attention. In fact, it got more coverage than the two huge Dow milestones that preceded it — combined. Although that one-day selloff was a 2.5 percent drop which followed huge gains, the networks emphasized the “worst week for stocks in two years.” ABC World News Tonight with David Muir,…

CNN's Christine Romans Hides Dow's 2 Years of Pre-Trump Flatness

January 17th, 2018 11:04 PM
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 26,000 for the first time on Wednesday. When it first jumped the 26,000 hurdle during Tuesday's trading, only to fall back at the close, CNN's Christine Romans somewhat surprisingly noted it. But as she did, she positively and erroneously spun the market's awful pre-presidential election history in a way that even some conservatives have ignorantly…
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Bozell Scalds Media Over Ignoring Trump’s Economy; 'They Loathe' Him!

January 12th, 2018 5:56 PM
Speaking on the Friday edition of the Fox News Channel’s Your World, MRC President Brent Bozell came out swinging against the liberal media and their refusal to cover stories of economic growth under President Trump, telling fill-in host Trish Regan they “loathe him” so much that “if he finds a cure for cancer, they'll attack him for not curing AIDS.”

After Year of Economic Gains, WashPost Predicts 'Trump Recession

Business
January 8th, 2018 3:57 PM
Liberal Washington Post opinion columnist David Von Drehle is sure President Donald Trump will face “a recession, slump, or God forbid, crash” before the 2020 presidential election — despite the strong economic gains so far under Trump. Von Drehle’s Jan. 5, opinion piece, “The Trump Recession is Coming,” was littered with economic language, but revealed his political bias. Von Drehle himself is…

Media Mostly Mum As Tax Cut-Driven Bonuses, Raises Exceed 1 Million

January 8th, 2018 10:41 AM
How many companies have to announce new tax law-driven bonuses and raises before the left and some in the establishment press finally stop calling them "PR stunts" or some equivalent? It's doubtful we'll ever know, because even though announcements continued well into this past week and have crossed the triple-digit mark with over 1 million employees affected, media interest in compiling or…
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Someone Doesn’t Get Credit: CBS Touts Congress for Stock Boom

January 5th, 2018 12:45 PM
CBS This Morning journalists on Friday actually credited the booming stock market, touting it breaking 25,000 as a “wow!” moment. Yet, while Congress, tax cuts and mysterious deregulation got praise, Donald Trump’s name was never mentioned. Asked by co-host Norah O’Donnell for the cause, Hobson gushed, “Wow! That is all I can say. It’s quite a start! We broke through lots and lots of records last…