What Do They Know?

Cable channels Program Economist guest appearances in which stimulus was discussed % Total guest appearances in which stimulus was discussed Hours of programming in which stimulus was discussed The Situation Room 3 4% 73 30 Lou Dobbs Tonight 1 4% 27 10 Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull 0 0% 26 8 Anderson Cooper 360 (10 p.m. ET hour only) 0 0% 31 9 Your World with Neil Cavuto 2 4% 53 10 Glenn Beck 7 33% 21 9 The O'Reilly Factor 1 7% 15 7 Hannity 0 0% 44 10 Hardball with Chris Matthews (5 p.m. ET hour only) 1 2% 46 10 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 1 3% 37 9 Countdown with Keith Olbermann 1 7% 15 9 The Rachel Maddow Show 1 9% 11 8



Among the Sunday shows, ABC's This Week was the only one to feature at least one economist on each broadcast:

Sunday shows Program Economist guest appearances in which stimulus was discussed % Total guest appearances in which stimulus was discussed Number of broadcasts in which stimulus was discussed This Week 3 15% 20 3 Face the Nation 1 14% 7 3 Meet the Press 2 14% 14 3 Fox News Sunday 1 5% 20 3



The following is a list of all the guest appearances by economists coded in the study:

Date Network Show Guest 1/28/2009 MSNBC Hardball with Chris Matthews Armey, Dick 2/5/2009 CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight Ferguson, Niall 2/4/2009 MSNBC Countdown with Keith Olbermann Huffington, Arianna 1/25/2009 ABC This Week Krugman, Paul 2/4/2009 MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show Krugman, Paul 1/28/2009 FNC Glenn Beck Laffer, Arthur 1/28/2009 FNC Glenn Beck Moore, Stephen 2/2/2009 FNC Glenn Beck Moore, Stephen 1/27/2009 MSNBC 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Orszag, Peter 2/5/2009 CNN The Situation Room Orszag, Peter 2/5/2009 FNC Your World with Neil Cavuto Orszag, Peter 2/8/2009 ABC This Week Reich, Robert 2/3/2009 FNC Glenn Beck Ritholtz, Barry 1/30/2009 CNN The Situation Room Rivlin, Alice 2/8/2009 CBS Face the Nation Romer, Christina 1/26/2009 FNC Glenn Beck Shlaes, Amity 1/30/2009 FNC Glenn Beck Sowell, Thomas 1/30/2009 FNC Glenn Beck Stein, Ben 2/6/2009 FNC The O'Reilly Factor Stein, Ben 1/25/2009 NBC Meet the Press Summers, Larry 2/8/2009 ABC This Week Summers, Larry 2/8/2009 FNC Fox News Sunday Summers, Larry 1/30/2009 FNC Your World with Neil Cavuto Wheelan, Charles 2/1/2009 NBC Meet the Press Zandi, Mark 2/6/2009 CNN The Situation Room Zandi, Mark



A list of all the guests who discussed the recovery plan classified as either economists or non-economists is available here.