Thursday, August 11, 2011

The people who report on economic matters

Surely have "no skin" in who gets taxed and how much:

According to TV Guide's upcoming salary issue, Matt Lauer's new contract with NBC earns him $17 million a year--a well-deserved figure, given the exotic bird hazards that Lauer has to face on the "Today" show set. Brian Williams, host of NBC's "Nightly News," earns $13 million annually--$1 million more than ABC's "World News" host Diane Sawyer.


Bill O'Reilly (and Olbermann to be fair) makes $10 million a year -- or the same amount his employer paid out to Andrea Mackris.

2 comments:

DrDick said...

And people wonder why the media narrative is always biased toward the Republicans. (Or why the media story recently has been all deficits and nothing on jobs). Sinclair Lewis was right.

Jamie said...

Is reading from a teleprompter really that challenging? A