NBC Host: 'We're Managing Expectations' on Economy, 'Especially For the White House'
By Kyle Drennen
NewsBusters
March 09, 2012 | 12:54
Filling in for co-host Matt Lauer on Friday's NBC Today, CNBC's Carl Quintanilla seemed to suggest the media was helping the Obama administration shape public perception of the economy: "...we're in a situation where we're sort of managing expectations, especially for the White House." [What the hell? NBC is "managing expectations for the White House," eh? Well, I'm sure glad to finally hear NBC admit to the ridiculous lie that they are objective journalists and acknowledge that they are truly nothing but propagandists for the left. 
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Quintanilla followed that admission by asking CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer about the upcoming jobs report: "Data's been pretty good. If it's not so good today, does that mean we're suddenly once again going in the wrong direction?" Cramer replied: "I don't want to think that. I think that there are many good forces at work."
In his first question to Cramer, Quintanilla spun a decrease in jobless claims as the latest in a string of good economic figures: "Let's talk first about another number we got this week, jobless claims for unemployment awfully close to a three-year low. Do you think the good news is going to continue today?"
Quintanilla made no mention of the real unemployment rate being over 15%, when you include those who have given up looking for work. ...
Remainder of article @ http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kyle-drennen/2012/03/09/nbc-host-were-managing-expectations-economy-especially-white-house
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