Unlike most coverage, a segment on the "Today" show Dec. 3 recognized the role union contracts played in setting up the Big Three automakers for disaster.
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman told ABC's "Good Morning America" Dec. 2 that the government could spend as much as $10 trillion more in bailouts and stimulus packages if it wanted.
CNBC host Jim Cramer said comparisons to the Great Depression should be "taken off the table," even though he has made them numerous times in defending government bailouts. "Today," Dec. 2, 2008.
Business & Media Institute Assistant Editor Nathan Burchfiel discussed low gas prices on CBN "Newswatch" Nov. 25.
ABC's investigative correspondent Brian Ross attacked U.S. automotive CEOs on "Nightline" Nov. 20 over their flying private jets to Washington, D.C., hearings on a proposed bailout of the industry
The Nov. 21 NBC "Today" show instructed viewers to beware of their "water footprint."
Controversial filmmaker Michael Moore told CNN host Larry King Nov. 19 that the auto industry's troubles are signs that capitalism is dead.
NBC "Today" co-host Ann Curry reported on the "Nightly News" from Mt. Kilimanjaro, trying to use its melting ice as an example of global warming. Nov. 19, 2008.
"The Early Show" stokes class warfare rhetoric in segment about Wall Street pay, Nov. 12, 2008
ABC's Bianna Golodryga dismissed the notion that stocks were declining in anticipation of Barack Obama's presidential administration, based on his business and economic policies. Nov. 7, 2008.