NBC, ABC, CBS: We’re Practically In A Recession!
The admittedly conservative group Media Research Center says that the three broadcast networks deliver negative economic news 62% of the time, despite the robust economy:
- Economic news heavily negative: Coverage of economic news on the three broadcast networks was negative 62 percent of the time, despite ongoing good news of more jobs, low unemployment and economic growth.
- Good news undermined: Even when good news made it to viewers, journalists undermined it with bad news 45 percent of the time.
- Negative stories given more air time: Good news stories were relegated to briefs roughly two thirds of the time. Negative news received longer stories and outnumbered positive stories by almost 4-to-1 in that category.
It’s too bad they didn’t expand their study to the print media — Paul Krugman alone would have accounted for an additional 15 points of negative news (see our post “That Hissing Sound You Hear” is Paul Krugman Running Out of Ways to Denigrate the Recovery).
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