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  • WSJ: Media Bears - Why 1/3 of Americans think we're in recession when the economy is booming.

    08/19/2005 5:22:29 AM PDT · by OESY · 204 replies · 2,571+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | August 19, 2005 | Editorial
    The paradox of the year is why so many Americans tell pollsters they feel bad about an economy that's been so good, with solid job growth and corporate profits, rising wages and home prices, and a huge decline in the budget deficit. Perhaps one reason is because the media keep saying the economy stinks. That's the conclusion of... the Media Research Center, which finds that so far this year 62% of the news stories on the Big Three TV networks have portrayed the U.S. economy in negative fashion. The "negative full length TV news stories on the economy outnumbered positive...