MiddleClass
12/7/2011 4:12 PM ET
On Tuesday's NBC Nightly News, chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd promoted the President's speech in Osawatomie, Kansas calling for an extension of payroll tax cuts as "the Obama version ...
8/11/2010 5:14 PM ET
Social Security with its 'trust fund' of IOUs is in serious fiscal trouble, but you wouldn't guess it from the mainstream news media.
8/6/2010 3:24 PM ET
Reporter Ray Sanchez gives ample story space to SEIU union rep and member, avoids criticism of unions.
2/26/2010 11:52 AM ET
While many Americans struggle simply to reach retirement, 'Broken Government' illustrates Congressional members' 'generous' pensions.
2/3/2010 3:38 PM ET
Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow befuddled readers on Wednesday by claiming Barack Obama "is a rare president who comes from the middle class." Did the Post forget the humble origins of ...
1/27/2010 2:43 PM ET
With State of the Union address imminent, the press downplays costs, finds little economic criticism of proposals designed to recapture middle class support.
12/9/2009 1:18 PM ET
From jobs 'saved or created,' to stimulus saving the economy, to 'deficit neutral' health care reform; here are ten biggest stories the media got wrong this year.
11/11/2009 4:30 PM ET
House bill includes tax hikes on people making less than $250,000; networks say nothing.
9/17/2009 1:05 PM ET
Former Times reporter Timothy Egan is vexed that many middle-class Americans are heeding "the brat's cry of Joe Wilson" and succumbing to "generalized rage" stoked by "well-funded Astroturf outfits."
8/4/2009 9:02 AM ET
If Obama really wants his expensive health-care plan, then everyone's going to take a hit, a story by Jackie Calmes suggests. Finally.
