http://mediamatters.org This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Economy en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180022 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911180022 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:59:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170052 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170052 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:52:13 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170028 Going Rogue: An American Life. In fact, as the Associated Press noted in addressing her book, "Economists overwhelmingly say the current recession is far worse."]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170028 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:59:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170018 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911170018 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:57:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911130021 Washington Examiner column, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) claimed that President Obama and Congress "don't seem to realize that adopting bad policies kills jobs" and that "[w]e now have proof that the Obama administration's job-killing policies are hurting America." But to support his assertions, Gingrich made false and misleading claims about the Obama administration's and Congress' policies and failed to mention that the steep rise in unemployment began well before Obama even took office.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911130021 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:54:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911130006 Wall Street Journal op-ed claimed that loans made "under the pressure of" the Community Reinvestment Act helped to "fuel the greatest housing bubble our nation has ever seen." The claim that affordable housing initiatives were responsible for the housing crisis is a widely discredited myth.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911130006 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:18:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911120065 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911120065 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:44:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911120009 http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911120009 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:06:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911090045 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911090045 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:41:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911080009 http://mediamatters.org/research/200911080009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:34:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911080008 http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911080008 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:10:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911050020 http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911050020 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:30:50 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911020039 The Washington Examiner stated: "Even if we take at face value the White House claim that it created or saved [650,000] jobs with approximately $150 billion of the economic stimulus money, a little simple math shows the taxpayers aren't getting any bargains here: $150 billion divided by 650,000 jobs equals $230,000 per job saved or created." However, as the Associated Press noted, this "math is satisfyingly simple but highly misleading," because it does not capture the full impact of the stimulus.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911020039 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:22:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200911010011 Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace dedicated the first half of his November 1 program to an interview with radio host Rush Limbaugh, during which Wallace allowed and in some cases prompted Limbaugh to advance numerous misleading, baseless, or outrageous claims, as well as engage in inflammatory attacks on President Obama.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200911010011 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:39:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/research/200910290041 creates a tax credit; it does not limit any other tax breaks.]]> http://mediamatters.org/research/200910290041 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:17:56 EST