Librul Media: Part 6,587

It's pretty amusing to listen to the shock jocks carried on 1450 WATA AM and 1200 WXIT AM as they characterize the mainstream media in this country as somehow being "liberal". After all, if that were the case, wouldn't an economist get invited to appear every once in a blue moon on some of these liberal mainstream media shows?

Because those liberal, pointy-headed economists all support the stimulus, right? That is why the liberal mainstream media always has them on, right? Well, not so much:

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A Media Matters for America review of the Sunday talk shows and 12 cable news programs from January 25 through February 15 found that during 203 hours of programming on Sunday mornings and weekday afternoons and evenings, of 722 total guest appearances in discussions about the economic recovery legislation and debate in Congress, only 41 were made by economists -- a mere 6 percent.
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That's OK. We don't need no stinking liberal egghead experts. We've got our own expert, thanks to 1200 WXIT AM:

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Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that taxes would increase on "most small businesses" if the Bush tax cuts on Americans making more than $250,000 expire in 2011. In fact, the Tax Policy Center stated that in 2007, about 2 percent of tax returns that reported small-business income are in the top two income tax brackets, which include all filers with taxable incomes of more than $250,000.
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Yup. We got us a real expert here. Thanks, WXIT. Helpful.