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NPR’s “Planet Money” Mired In Adam Davidson’s World of Corruption

Fri, 08/10/2012 - 13:59 — Dave Culver
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  • Over the years, Davidson has whitewashed the occupation of Iraq, praised sweatshop labor, attacked the idea of regulating Wall Street and argued for “squeezing the middle class”–all while taking undisclosed money from banking interests.
  • Serious Conflict of Interest Issues Exposed
  • This profile is part of the S.H.A.M.E. Media Transparency Project <http://shameproject.com/>
  • When War Is in the Air on PBS

Team eXiled, the Exiled

Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Lydia Howell

(August 7, 2012) Adam Davidson is the co-creator and host of the popular economic news radio program  Planet Money.  On air, Davidson plays the role of an earnest, brainy reporter who’s doing his best to make sense of the complicated, jargon-filled world of finance to report business news in a way that NPR listeners can understand. However, behind the dweeby, faux-naive facade Adam Davidson presents to his listeners, is a shrewd propagandist with a long, consistent history of shilling for powerful and destructive interests—and failing to disclose his financial ties to the companies and industries he reports on.

Over the years, Davidson has boosted for the  Iraq War  and whitewashed the occupation of Iraq,  praised sweatshop labor  and "experimenting on the poor," attacked the idea of  regulating Wall Street , parroted libertarian propaganda about the  government’s inability  to directly create jobs, argued for "squeezing the middle class," and  shamelessly fawned  over Wall Street for allegedly blessing Americans with "just about anything that makes you happy." (Read Adam Davidson's  full S.H.A.M.E. profile.)

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