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- CNN's Velshi falsely claimed Feb. unemployment rate dropped to "a historic low"
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  In a March 9 report on the recently released unemployment rate by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), CNN senior business correspondent Ali Velshi falsely claimed that "[t]he unemployment rate has dropped in the United States to a historic low of 4.5 percent." In fact, n...
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- Despite earlier report to the contrary, Blitzer said Edwards proposes to "raise[ ] your taxes"
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  On the February 5 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer correctly noted on several occasions that 2008 Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' proposal for universal health care would raise taxes for only households making more than $200,000 per year, but Blitzer ne...
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- Couric repeated administration spin on health care plan: Uninsured will be able to buy coverage
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  On the January 25 edition of the CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric echoed the Bush administration claim that its proposed "tax break" would "help" the uninsured "buy" health insurance, without noting that the plan would reportedly do little to help many of those who currently lack health insura...
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- O'Donnell falsely reported Bush's health plan provides "tax credits"
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  On the January 24 edition of MSNBC News Live, host Norah O'Donnell falsely claimed that President Bush's health care proposal "is tax credits." In fact, Bush did not propose a "tax credit" but, rather, as the White House's fact sheet on the proposal states, "A Standard [Tax] Deduction F...
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- Media allowed to stand suggestion that Pelosi support for minimum wage bill stems from company in her district
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  In the days following House passage of a Democratic minimum wage increase, media outlets have continued to report Republican accusations that the bill, the Fair Minimum Wage Act, caters to a company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) district because it does not include a wage hike for Amer...
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- Ignoring Democratic opposition, ABC's Morrell claimed Bush is "reaching out" with health care tax increase
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  On the January 21 edition of ABC's World News Sunday, ABC News White House correspondent Geoff Morrell stated that President Bush is "reaching out to Democrats" with a new health care policy he will reportedly announce during his State of the Union address on January 23. In saying that Bush is ...
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- Beck allowed misinformation on minimum wage hike
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  On the January 9 edition of his CNN Headline News program, Glenn Beck called a Democratic proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour "nothing but a political issue" and allowed James A. Dorn, vice president for Academic Affairs at the Cato Institute, to repeat ...
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Economic issues

CNN's Velshi falsely claimed Feb. unemployment rate dropped to "a historic low"

Despite earlier report to the contrary, Blitzer said Edwards proposes to "raise[ ] your taxes"

Couric repeated administration spin on health care plan: Uninsured will be able to buy coverage

O'Donnell falsely reported Bush's health plan provides "tax credits"

Media allowed to stand suggestion that Pelosi support for minimum wage bill stems from company in her district

Ignoring Democratic opposition, ABC's Morrell claimed Bush is "reaching out" with health care tax increase

Beck allowed misinformation on minimum wage hike

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