Posted on 01/31/2009 7:35:04 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
For someone looking to expose MSM bias, the weekend episodes of Good Morning America are a godsend, a veritable corncucopia of liberal media advocacy on display. I really should send co-anchors Kate Snow and Bill Weir gifts next Christmas in thanks for all the material they’ve supplied over the months. But, true to FinkelBlog’s pledge to dole out the kudos when the MSM has done something to deserve them, let’s acknowledge that GMA gave a fair shake today to a group of free-market economists who have come together to oppose the president’s stimulus plan, arguing instead that the government should do . . . nothing. Weir’s tease at the top of the show set the fair-and-balanced tone:
BILL WEIR: The drumbeat of bad economic news pounds on. President Obama pushing Congress to pass a massive stimulus package quickly. But the debate rages, and there is a number of economists out there who think the government should do nothing: save the $900 billion, let the free market correct itself. We’ll examine.
The segment itself, narrated by correspondent John Hendren, highlighted on an ad run by libertarian Cato Institute, signed by 250 economists, arguing against the stimulus and urging the government to let the free market run its course. Scott Mitchell of Cato was seen in several clips making the case against government intervention. He was cast in a reasonable light, not as a two-headed tabloid creature
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Flying Adam Smith ping to Today show list.
The media will cover the great muslim now that they have gotten him elected. Now when he fails they will gush all over them selves for covering the disaster. Bastards!!!
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