US press accused of not challenging over the fiscal stimulus package

The American Press was vilified for never challenging the basis of the Iraq war and now it seems that the same may be true of President Obama's stimulation package.(ht-Jay Rosen)

Media matters reports on the coverage that the mainstream broadcasters gave to the view that the package is simply not big enough to solve the problem

A Media Matters review of the ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news programs from January 25 through February 15 found that of the 59 broadcasts that addressed the economic stimulus package and debate in Congress during the three-week period leading up to and immediately following its passage, only three of those broadcasts included discussion of whether that package was big enough, despite statements from many economists that it may not be.