Economists Comprise only 5 Percent of Cable News Guests Debating Economic Recovery Plan | Think Progress…….
February 12th, 2009
Wouldn’t want any facts mucking up the right-wing paranoia.
[A] Media Matters for America review of the Sunday talk shows and 12 cable news programs from January 25 through February 8 found that during 139 1/2 hours of programming on Sunday mornings and weekday afternoons and evenings, of 460 total guest appearances in discussions about the economic recovery legislation and debate in Congress, only 25 were made by economists — a mere 5 percent.
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