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Report1212

(661 posts) Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:51 PM Nov 2012

By one measure, CNBC is now more right-wing than Fox News. Won't mention poverty.

CNBC -- the new Fox for CEOs

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I ran a media search on the term “poverty” during all of CNBC’s coverage during the past month. The term was mentioned 31 times, often in the context of international poverty (for example, talking about Mexico’s drug war). I then searched for “Simpson Bowles.” It was mentioned a whopping 116 times — almost 3 times as often.

CNBC is even more tilted than the traditionally right-wing Fox News. On Fox, Simpson Bowles was mentioned 59 times, and poverty was mentioned 100 times over the same period.

Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/cnbc-has-mentioned-simpson-bowles-3-times-as-much-as-it-has-mentioned-poverty-over-last-month/

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By one measure, CNBC is now more right-wing than Fox News. Won't mention poverty. (Original Post) Report1212 Nov 2012 OP

I work in an office that has it on all day and everyday it is Obama bashing 24/7 Maria is the worst kimbutgar Nov 2012 #1

Morning Joe had.. butterfly77 Nov 2012 #3

Not surprising.. They are a BUSINESS/WALL STREET channel SoCalDem Nov 2012 #2

The people who slavishly follow CNBC Warpy Nov 2012 #4

Let's all remind ourselves that CNBC missed the 2008 crash, completely. The largest financial scam Squinch Nov 2012 #5

kimbutgar

(21,224 posts)

1. I work in an office that has it on all day and everyday it is Obama bashing 24/7 Maria is the worst

Reply to Report1212 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 04:58 PM

Nov 2012

as she shows utter hatred for the President and isn't afraid to show it. Her questions are always prefaced by a negative statement about the Obama administrator and how they are taxing the poor wall street people.

butterfly77

(17,609 posts)

3. Morning Joe had..

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 05:07 PM

Nov 2012

Bartiroma on with Melissa Harris Perry. Perry let Maria have it and hasn't been on the show since,was good tv.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

2. Not surprising.. They are a BUSINESS/WALL STREET channel

Reply to Report1212 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 05:01 PM

Nov 2012

Those two entities do not have much of a connection to "poor folks", except for the part where they expect us peons to buy their products and to stand stoically by as they strip away what little in benefits we may still have...and of course when they want our tax money to bail them out after they crash the economy.

Warpy

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4. The people who slavishly follow CNBC

Reply to Report1212 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 05:31 PM

Nov 2012

are the people who don't give a shit about how much poverty they create as long as they get theirs plus yours and mine.

Squinch

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5. Let's all remind ourselves that CNBC missed the 2008 crash, completely. The largest financial scam

Reply to Report1212 (Original post)

Wed Nov 28, 2012, 05:35 PM

Nov 2012

to ever occur in the world. Ever. A situation that most finance people were aware of for many months, if not years, before the crisis hit the public awareness. CNBC missed that one. Busy bashing Krugman, or something.

They are always wrong, full of egotistical, bloviating ignoramuses, and useless as a source of information.

Other than that, they're fine.

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