It is hard for me to imagine how much further to the right Fox could get with their business channel. For instance, CNBC has Jack Welch on this morning. My first thought on seeing him was "is he still relevant?" Well, obviously CNBC thinks so. I believe I heard Jack say that the media is pushing "gloom and doom" on the consumer all the time by telling us how bad off we are. I'm certainly not getting this message from the media, but rather the opposite. I keep hearing that "things" aren't too bad out here in the real world.

I was struck this morning (again) with the disconnect between CNBC and what the government is preaching about savings in this country. We are constantly being told that we as individuals aren't saving enough. However, one of the "pushes" this morning was how much an individual was going to spend on Christmas this year ($500 versus $800 for online shopping). Isn't CNBC getting their talking points on saving yet? Obviously not.