White Men Get Short End of Stick—in NYT Chart, if Not in Reality
Not only are white men without college degrees not uniquely disadvantaged, they’re actually better paid than any other demographic without a college degree.
To Be a Media Expert on Economics, It Helps to Have the Right Politics
Corporate news outlets consistently elevate the views of specific economists who serve particular ideological interests, even over the views of the academic profession as a whole.
60 Minutes Pushed Harris Right on Econ, Border, While Ignoring Other Vital Issues
Bill Whitaker’s questions frequently started from right-wing talking points and assumptions, particularly over immigration and economic policy.
‘The Insurance Industry Is the Fossil Fuel Industry’:
CounterSpin interview with Derek Seidman on insurance and climate
The insurance industry itself is a main actor in driving the rise of extreme weather, through its very close relationship to the fossil fuel industry.
Media Throw Everything But the Facts Against Harris’s ‘Price Control’ Proposal
Debates over whether Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s economic proposals constitute Communist price controls or merely technocratic consumer protections are obscuring a more insidious thread within corporate media. In coverage of Harris’s anti-price-gouging proposal, it’s taken for granted that price inflation, especially in the grocery sector, is an organic and unavoidable result of market forces, […]
‘We’re Hitting Record Highs, But Still Leaving African Americans in Economic Insecurity’:
CounterSpin interview with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Algernon Austin on the Black economy
“The future of the economy is based on how well minorities do in America.”
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy
A people-centered press corps would spell out the meaning of economic “indicators” in relation to where we want to go as a society that has yet to address deep historical and structural harms.
Abandoning Popular Policies Is Crucial to Victory, WaPo Tells Harris
The Washington Post implores Kamala Harris to abandon progressive policy priorities and mercilessly turn her back on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
‘These Stores Are Unhealthy for Our Communities’:
CounterSpin interview with Kennedy Smith on dollar store invasion
“That’s one of the tricks that the dollar stores play on people, is that they actually are getting poor value and usually paying more in a per ounce or per pound basis.”
Jim Naureckas on Secret Alito Tape, Kennedy Smith on Dollar Store Invasion
Will elite news media now suggest we just go back to considering the Supreme Court a neutral body, deserving of life terms because they’re above the fray of politics?
‘It’s Important to Focus on Big Companies Using the Cover of Inflation to Jack Up Prices’
“The truth of the matter is there are vested interests for folks to want to vilify workers, to want to vilify big public investments.”
Media That Benefit From Inequality Prefer to Talk About Other Things
The rapid rise in inequality over recent decades should have generated deep alarm in news media. But there’s little sign of distress.
Reporting on California’s Fast-Food Minimum Wage Raise Comes With Side Order of Fear
There’s an apocalyptic tone to much of the coverage of California’s decision to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour.
‘A Minimum-Wage Increase Can Benefit the Whole Economy’
“Where you don’t see progress on the minimum wage, it’s because our politics or our institutions hold back the popular will.”
Sebastian Martinez Hickey on Minimum Wage, Saru Jayaraman on History of Tipping
Elite reporters are so removed from daily reality that they assume a raise in wages means fast food employees have to lose their jobs.
Media Obsession With Inflation Has Manufactured Discontent
Corporate media’s single-minded obsession with inflation has left the public with an objectively inaccurate view of the economy.
Milei Is ‘Really as Extreme as You Get in Right-Wing Libertarian Ideas’
“The whole mess that got this guy elected was really created by the Macri government and that IMF agreement.”
‘These Are Demands for the Whole Working Class’
“The whole thing is designed to make you think anytime workers take action, they’re the ones at fault. They’re the ones causing trouble.”
Media’s ‘Sick Man of Europe’ Diagnosis for Germany Needs a Second Opinion
Reporting has consistently ignored what is likely a primary source of Germany’s economic illness: the sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines.
Bloomberg Hits BRICS as US Power Challenged
The prospect of a group of nations working together to advance independent development sent the Bloomberg news service into attack mode.
