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CBS Sunday Morning exploited the coronavirus to whine about income inequality and how terrible capitalism is. It also speculated whether the virus itself was presenting an opportunity to change the economic system. The program, hosted by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) fan Jane Pauley, used 409 seconds of airtime grumbling about America’s “worsening economic inequality.” To start off, CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger exploited the economic plight of a random American family to argue that “last year, the Census Bureau found income inequality was at its highest level in fifty years.” Three of the four commentators Schlesinger used...

Imagine the MSMer’s dilemma: as a financial professional, she wanted to tell the truth–that the taxpayer is going to be a loser in the GM bankruptcy. But that would require her to reject the Obama administration’s line that taxpayers will get their billions back in a few years. What’s a good liberal media member to do? Jill Schlesinger’s solution was to tell the truth . . . but to preface it letting the world know “I love the government.” View video here.