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Bias Bash: White House Blames GDP Drop on Republicans

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    Jim Pinkerton on the media’s one-sided coverage of recent economic news

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-- -- for the -- -- -- tripod Republicans tell us that the gap is GDP number was so startling.

Again everybody and assuming you know and -- got a lot a lot of reporters watches are merging the stock market's gone up all my friends on Wall Street in here in Manhattan in the greater here we're all doing fine.

And then meanwhile means freedom which outnumbered -- about it but 5000001.

Was this in a much different spot.

So why would that ever to taken by surprise and it was big news and so for example.

On the news came Wednesday and on Thursday the Washington Post had -- that was last important -- present.

-- GDP shrank it and if you have those front page above than the old fashioned way of people remembered newspapers most of tablets front page above the fold.

OK but Wednesday night at the news came in the night before -- -- it is that Brian Williams.

And and Diane Sawyer were confronted with how we do with the story.

And so Brian Williams doubled that by not mentioning it act at all he had the story about the all important -- killing -- story that was.

All over the news.

You know they had Al Gore on global warming and everything else -- ABC did story as number six in its -- With Diane Sawyer.

And think big.

Called the speed but they never actually -- -- number they call it is a speed bump.

They the whole story that the stock market going up again -- -- the Manhattan bias.

The media.

And is all about how people are doing their 401 -- points on -- wanted to get -- deny there's neither network ABC here's a bit easier to say I didn't cheesy yes.

-- even touch the GDP or an honest way and get meanwhile the fact it's big news is this what you post this morning and the general shift in the narrative now about Obama's second term well he was maybe he was overestimating his economic -- But again if you just we watch the broadcast that TV network you'd never see it.

And is this something that -- -- here about this weekend on Fox News channels we might at 230 or 1130.

Saturday eastern time possible all right very good I think that we have -- our full screen that posted by Jon Scott.

On FOX News Watch this weekend Saturday's 230 in the afternoon and late night at 1130 -- your DVR you're not gonna be home because you don't want to miss the show.

Of course with us Jim Pinkerton on -- -- on the panel always a treat to see there you what I.