Tag Archives: financial reporting

Stacy Summary:  If the so-called ‘free-market’ in America can’t stand the light of day . . .

• MSM financial reporting as propaganda

Actions by government officials and business leaders drove much of the coverage. The White House and federal agencies alone initiated nearly a third (32%) of economic stories studied through July 3. Business triggered another 21%. About a quarter of the stories (23%) was initiated by the press itself and did not rely on an external news trigger. Ordinary citizens and union workers combined to act as the catalyst for only 2% of the stories about the economy.

• Corporations try to squash analyst dissent

• Chomsky compares US right wing media to Nazi Germany