Shameless, Downright Preposterous, Anti-Bernie Tactics on PBS Nightly Business Report (CNBC Survey)

[Miss_Underestimated]

http://nbr.com/2016/03/14/nightly-business-report-march-14-2016/

segment is about how this presidential campaign is impacting the outlook for the economy.

starts at 1:20
at 1:55, they report on a survey of 42 people ("economists" included) with the result that 0% think the economy will improve with Bernie Sanders as President; 16% say it will improve with Hillary; and Kasich was the highest with 42% saying economy will improve with him in office. They used a giant bar graph to emphasize their point. Very hard to describe the preposterousness -- you have to see the video (link posted above) to get the impact of the absurdity. I thought I had Fox News on but it was PBS.

They are trying to scare people into thinking that the economy will tank if Bernie is elected

(on edit) just wanted to be more specific -- they are trying to scare people invested in the stock market into thinking their portfolios will tank if Bernie wins

(I tried to include a screen shot of the bar graph, but I couldn't drag it into the post, oh well!)

[GoneFishin]

1. It proves how thoroughly the system is stacked against average Americans when even PBS

is threatened by honesty and candor.

[Miss_Underestimated]

3. amazing how flagrant it has become - at least they used to be subtle about their bias...no longer!

[GoneFishin]

6. Yep. To me it feels like they are starting to move the tables and chairs: ( A Frank Zappa reference)

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”

[Miss_Underestimated]

9. oh gawd I'm depressed; time to give more to Bernie!

[NurseJackie]

2. Just wait ... there's more to come.

[Human101948]

4. You can take comfort in the fact that no one is watching...

Their audience is very, very small.

[Miss_Underestimated]

5. Haha! so funny you mention that -- I was channel surfing and happened to see the giant 0% Bernie

which reeled me in for a few minutes until I couldn't stand it any longer; then I continued surfing!!

[Human101948]

8. What I did not realize is that NBR is now privately owned...

This is from 2013--

CNBC announced on Thursday that it would buy the rights to the show,
available in 96 percent of television homes in the United States, from the
investment firm Atalaya Capital Management for an undisclosed price. CNBC
will begin producing “Nightly Business Report” from its New Jersey
headquarters on March 4. The program now originates in Miami, with bureaus
in New York and Washington....

...In August 2010, Mykalai Kontilai, an entrepreneur and former mixed martial
arts manager, bought it from WPBT, which founded the show in 1979 before
the era of 24­hour cable business news. Atalaya Capital Management, Mr.
Kontilai’s backer, took over in November 2011, after few of Mr. Kontilai’s
ambitious expansion plans were achieved.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/cnbc-to-purchase-nightly-business-report/?_r=0

[Miss_Underestimated]

10. interesting (in a dismal way!)

[RiverLover]

7. Yes, but their very small audience is comprised of Liberals.

It's very disappointing. I'm sure their small audience will be even smaller now that their corporate bias is revealed. However some will buy into the spin because they are so "trusted."

[Human101948]

11. I can guarantee you that their audience is heavy in 45 years old and older viewers...

Who already mostly favor Republicans or Hillary (fewer of them)

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

12. Bernie MIGHT be different, but EVERY Dem President over the last century or so has been better

for business than the Republican counterparts.

[Darb]

13. More victimhood,

you bernies sure got everybody against you......... seems like..............from all the complaining you do. Is this how you change the USA........... conspiracies?

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Your post is trash talk and insults lacking even the slightest comment about the content of the OP

And that defines the entire intellectual style of the Clinton Culture. Name calling, false statements (Ronald Reagan was an AIDS hero!!!) and semi literate phrase fragments......