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Is the press worthy of all the blame being thrown its way for failing to see signs of an economy ready to tank? Not according to Clark Hoyt, public editor of The New York Times, who analyzed coverage since 2000 and concluded:  "...the Times gave pretty fair warning of what could — and then did — happen." 

"If (the media) keep saying the sky is falling, well, people think the sky is falling," said Conference Board of Canada chief economist Glen Hodgson in a Canadian Press report...

A New York Times review of Michael Lewis's collection of economic journalism, Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, highlights several reporting achievements through four economic crises...

In a Town Hall post - It’s the economy – are we stupid? – Deborah Jones asked how prepared journalists are to place economic issues in context. These days, it’s an important question. With the economy crowding into the news pages, shouldering aside even the Iraq war, political reporters suddenly must be on par with their counterparts in the financial pages, or face defeat on the interview front...