MEDIA ALERT: Business & Media Institute: CNN Warns of a Recession

Your Business Blogger has an article up at the Business & Media Institute.

CNN Warns of a Recession, Ignores Stock Market Gains

‘Your $$$$$’ ignored guest to promote a downbeat view of the economy.

CNN‘s “Your Money” takes a gloomy view of the economy even when its own guests say otherwise. Rather than listen to an economist, the hosts decided they knew better.

”People [are] whispering about the risk of a recession,” explained host Christine Romans on the September 15 show. She claimed “The stock market still hasn’t found its footing.” Not a well-researched comment, considering this is a financial program.

The Dow has gone up from 7,500 in 2003 to 13,403 and has climbed almost 1,000 points or 7.5 percent just in 2007. Employment has dropped to a low 4.6 percent, and the economy has been growing at an average of 2.7 percent per year with almost six years of uninterrupted growth.

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