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'Today' Hides Liberal Leanings of Union-Funded Think Tank Used to Talk Down Economy
Today Show/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 08/31/2006 6:47:07 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

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1 posted on 08/31/2006 6:47:11 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

Today Show/NewsBusters failure-to-disclose ping.


2 posted on 08/31/2006 6:47:38 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Just part of the fall propaganda push to try and get dems back into power this election. They could not be more obvious.


3 posted on 08/31/2006 6:58:50 AM PDT by Bahbah (Goldwasser, Regev and Shalit, we are praying for you...)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
You mean like when The Times Mirror changed all their in house think tanks into Pew centers for this or that - so people wouldn't realize the paper was itself the source for the statistics it usually quotes?
4 posted on 08/31/2006 7:02:53 AM PDT by Doctor Phogg (Dogs think they're human, Cats think they're gods)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Yep - The worst economy since the Great Depression!


5 posted on 08/31/2006 7:03:59 AM PDT by JLGALT (Get ready - Lock and Load!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Thanks governs. I was wondering what the back story was to EIP.

When I was watching it, I wondered if you would write it up. The sement was a real barf-o-rama.


6 posted on 08/31/2006 7:12:11 AM PDT by iceskater (One person's mess is another person's filing system.)
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To: iceskater

sement=segment


7 posted on 08/31/2006 7:12:41 AM PDT by iceskater (One person's mess is another person's filing system.)
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Thanks, IS. This really was one of the more one-sided segments in recent Today history, which is saying a lot.


8 posted on 08/31/2006 7:36:28 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Robert Reich is a pompous little jerk.
Certainly Today should have disclosed that a bunch of left wingers were behind the 'thinktank'.
However, everyone on here is ignoring the substance of the story, and I think this is more important than the disclosure.
Is the study accurate?
Does it matter?
I suspect it's accurate, and I think it's very important. You can't expect Ford & GM to continue their ridiculous employment practices, but some of our most profitable corporations are not passing anything on to their employees. No, government shouldn't step in, but I am discouraged by their failure to reward at least their more productive people.


9 posted on 08/31/2006 8:07:20 AM PDT by Imnotalib
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To: Imnotalib; governsleastgovernsbest

Uh - you might want to check out this thread before assuming anything the left says has any truth to it.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1693193/posts


10 posted on 08/31/2006 9:45:05 AM PDT by iceskater (One person's mess is another person's filing system.)
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GMTA. I've already posted an Update in my original NewsBusters item with a link to that precise article!


11 posted on 08/31/2006 10:14:07 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot; Mase; expat_panama; nopardons

Looks like the Today Show used my FALSE rule.


12 posted on 08/31/2006 10:15:44 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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You're ahead of the times!


13 posted on 08/31/2006 10:22:32 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

What's funny is that I remember the acronym, but not its meaning.


14 posted on 08/31/2006 10:23:32 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

From A Leftist Source Exclusionary rule (FALSE)


15 posted on 08/31/2006 10:33:37 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Thanks. I spaced it.


16 posted on 08/31/2006 10:37:56 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: iceskater

Thanks for the link!
I don't accept what any of what 'MSM' reports until I see evidence. But here's new evidence!
I'd like to see a lot more though. We do business over a large geographic region in multiple industries, and although our business is way up, we see businesses all ove the place closing due to foreign competition or moving to other countries. It seems that high paying manufacturing jobs are being replaced by jobs at Wal-mart, McDonald's, and Holiday Inn Express. And I don't even want to think about what our economy will do if the auto industry tanks.


17 posted on 08/31/2006 11:34:22 AM PDT by Imnotalib
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To: 1rudeboy
Looks like the Today Show used my FALSE rule.

I can think of more than a few FReepers who regularly utilize your rule -- even after being caught repeatedly.

18 posted on 08/31/2006 12:03:40 PM PDT by Mase
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Rush mentioned an economist for the NYT that had written a similar article a few days ago, but has had to backtrack (never a retract)with the new job figures coming out, showing a huge gain in income, indicating the longest sustained improvement since WWII.

I guess the Today show should waited for the new job figures before writing their script.


19 posted on 08/31/2006 12:11:53 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Imnotalib
I'd like to see a lot more though.

Here's a good place to start.

we see businesses all over the place closing due to foreign competition or moving to other countries

Maybe you can show us how competition hurts our economy.

It seems that high paying manufacturing jobs are being replaced by jobs at Wal-mart, McDonald's, and Holiday Inn Express in professional business services, which pays more than manufacturing.

There, I fixed it for you.

And I don't even want to think about what our economy will do if the auto industry tanks.

The auto workers will find jobs with other auto manufacturers who produce a product consumers want to buy. Of course, they probably won't have a union to shake down the employer and protect their incompetence.

20 posted on 08/31/2006 12:15:08 PM PDT by Mase
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