Q&A: Did you know that only 5% of the news coverage of the economics problems lately had a REAL Economist on them?
August 13, 2011
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Q&A: Did you know that only 5% of the news coverage of the economics problems lately had a REAL Economist on them?
Most were political pundits and a 2 to 1 ratio of Republicans.
Why won’t the news channels put an economist with a minimum of a Masters degree on the news? Are you happy with Media that do this to you?
In the last 139 hours only 25 REAL economists were on the news out of 399 discussing it for you. (ie know nothings..)
http://mediamatters.org/items/200902110027?f=h_top
sorry forgot to paste the link.
Stieglitz NOBEL prize winner in economics for one. Just off the top of my head. BBC has lots but they have better news than we do.
ANSWER:
Answer by nothingconstant
What can I say… that sort of thing works because people demand a soundbyte and not an understanding.
Maybe if we demanded more, we’d get more.
Answer by All Knowing One
Watch MSNBC to get real news from educated individuals.
Answer by February1
No. Who determines who is a “real” economist?
Answer by mypecunia
which bunny hat did you pull that stat out of
Answer by brown9500v4
Apparently Real ones are pretty rare.
I tried looking for a free site on economics with real, degree-packing economists for an entire evening and came up with zip.
If anyone has found one I’d appreciate a link.
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We live in a society that buys pills to make them lose weight while they lounge on the couch and veg in front of the tv. You think they want to watch some guy/gal tell them they screwed up, the people they voted for screwed up and the only solutions requires them getting off their duff? I can understand the cry for the “fair doctrine” now. The fact is we have $0 in reserve, trillions of debt and a declining income. The only solutions we need right now are:
Congress to admit they made too many laws and repeal them
People starting their own companies and hiring people.
Honest money (screw the banks)
Drastically less government spending
Not a single dime more spent to “aid” overseas