Are You Buying What the Media is Selling?

The Media's Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of 2009

The Business and Media Institute just published its list of the Media's Top 2009 Economic Myths:

10. CBS, NY Times Support Ecuadorian Shakedown of U.S. oil company
9. Media Fail to Scrutinize Obama’s Job Claims
8. Government Stimulus is the Answer to Our Economic Problems
7. No Tax Increases for the Middle Class
6. The Recession was Over … by July.
5. Cash for Clunkers was a ‘Success’
4. Reagan vs. Obama on Jobs: Same Rate, Different Story
3. Health Care Reform will be ‘Deficit Neutral’
2. Tea Parties aren’t made up of grassroots protestors; they’re just ‘Astroturf.’
1. ClimateGate

I find it quite disturbing that so many people buy into these stories, and I find it even more disturbing that our national media runs with them. Obviously when a story fits their ideology they go with it — no matter how false the accusation or how untrue the claims may be.