On February 9, the federal government announced that weekly jobless
claims hit the lowest average in six years a sign of job growth in
a strong economy. That night, none of the network newscasts reported…
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February 3, 2006
A newsworthy sound bite from a rock music idol on a pressing world
issue may be just the hook an evening news producer prays for, but
it doesnt excuse a lack of balance or thorough reporting. The…
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February 2, 2006
On Groundhog Day this year, newspaper readers may have had a sense
of dj vu reading about budget cuts in a narrowly-passed bill
which scales back increases in government spending. But instead of a…
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February 1, 2006
New from the Business…
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February 1, 2006
How much credit does Alan Greenspan deserve for Americas economic
success over the past 18 years? Answer: a lot, but nowhere near all.
I mean no slight to Mr. Greenspan. Indeed, the…
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February 1, 2006
The senior citizens she interviewed were unhappy with the idea of
health savings accounts (HSAs), and Regan egged them on in their
concerns instead of presenting the facts. Did he adequately address…
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January 31, 2006
It turns out that media coverage of the nations economic growth can
vary a lot depending on how strong or weak the economy is doing.
Strong numbers are downplayed or undermined and weak numbers like…
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January 31, 2006
Americas largest oil company, Exxon-Mobil (NYSE:
XOM)
is reporting some jaw-dropping profits tonight, record profits in
fact for any American company ever, gasped anchor Brian Williams in…
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January 30, 2006
After featuring a new poll showing Americans perception of the
economy depends on ones political views, CNNs January 28 In the
Money followed with liberal author and think tank analyst Tamara…
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January 27, 2006
Left-wing groups love to wage the class war and now they are doing
it quite literally with wages. Two liberal think tanks just released
a study claiming the income gap between rich and poor is getting…
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January 26, 2006
High gas prices have had the oil industry feeling the heat, said
ABCs Elizabeth Vargas, adding, Today, it launched a
counterattack, as she teased World News Tonight reporter Lisa
Starks…
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January 25, 2006
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The numbers sounded more ominous with each report – 7,000, 20,000, 30,000 … 600,000 jobs lost. Outsourcing, high energy prices and high government spending were depicted as draining the lifeblood out of the…
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January 25, 2006
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More than 2 million new jobs were created in 2005 but that wasn’t the story presented by the evening news. The three broadcast networks downplayed strong growth and, instead, emphasized negatives such as corporate layoffs…
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January 25, 2006
Covering recently announced layoffs at Ford, the evening newscasts
have ignored the role labor union costs have played in the number
two automakers woes. The January 24 NBC Nightly News report filed…
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January 24, 2006
The January 23 editions of the network newscasts led with layoffs at
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:
F),
detailing the number of jobs to be lost and the plants slated for
closing,…
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January 23, 2006
CNNs Lou Dobbs outsourced his error-prone anti-free market services
to a competing network with a January 23 guest appearance on ABCs
Good Morning America to discuss Ford Motor Companys (NYSE…
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January 20, 2006
Jobless claims hit a five-year low in mid-January according to
figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 19.
But while
Bloomberg and
Reuters…
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January 20, 2006
In many respects, 2005 was the strongest economic year the United
States has experienced since 1999. The Gross Domestic Product
continued its uninterrupted string of consecutive 3-percent or…
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January 19, 2006
USA Today and The Washington Post hyped inflation fears today rather
than focus on optimistic outlooks from economists or a Federal
Reserve report showing strong economic growth in the weeks closing…
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