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     There was a time when we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Those were the days. Now the home of the brave is anything but and Americans find ourselves in a constant state of fear.      We…

Maybe Serwer Needs Another Cup of Joe CNN reporter flubs statistic on coal, despite correct graphic on-screen

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     CBS anchor Bob Schieffer used vehement coal industry critic Jeff Goodell as an unbiased expert on the coal industry in an in-studio interview on the January 3 Evening News. The very next day,…

     This pessimism continued right through Christmas day, even when the news began to come out that sales through December 24 were quite respectable. As Reuters reported on December 26: U.S.…

     Two million jobs were added in 2005; Novembers initial job growth was revised upwards by more than 40 percent of the original estimate; and unemployment dropped below 5 percent, according to…

     Shes no Miss Cleo, but CBSs Sharyn Alfonsi polished off her crystal ball to issue a cloudy economic picture for 2006 on the New Years Day edition of the "CBS Evening News". A broad consensus of…

     The term consumer group conjures up the image of some George Bailey-esque fighting for the little guy. At The Washington Post, that has become the code for a left-wing, anti-industry group. The…

     ABC reporter Dean Reynolds promised A Closer Look at the woes of domestic auto parts maker Delphi, but instead zoomed in on a story portraying union workers as victims and corporate executives as…

     The front page of the December 27 Investors Business Daily (IBD) joined other print outlets in blowing hot air on the so-called housing bubble with Home Sales Plunge as Prices Pull Back and…

     In the biggest, boldest weight loss challenge ever, ABC underestimated by 143 million the number of cheeseburgers in weight it wants America to lose.      Good Morning America and aol.com are…

     Christmas is a time of giving and TV news reporters certainly took that opportunity to give it to Wal-Mart. Following a jury ruling that went against the worlds largest retailer, journalists put the…

     In newspapers, placement is everything. Put a story on the front page above the fold, and everyone can see it as they walk by the newsstand. But hide it deep in the nether-sections, and only Grandpa…

     The Christmas shopping season culminated a strong year for the U.S. economy. But instead of ringing out the old year and toasting the economys success, 43 percent of Americans think were in a…

     Ever since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in late August sending oil prices to $70 per barrel and gasoline above $3 a gallon, the media have been in a panic over a return of 70s-style inflation. Such…

     Ringing alarm bells about record greenhouse gas emissions, New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin opened his December 21 article noting the U.S. Energy Department reports U.S. emissions…

     Opening their newscasts with the New York City transit strike, the December 20 morning news programs focused on the inconvenience to commuters and the expected cost to the city, but only CNN, CBS, and…

     Regardless of whether a strike is called or a settlement is reached, warned Chan and Greenhouse, the labor struggle over the transit contract has highlighted one fact: Many workers feel they lack dignity…

     Lou Dobbs wants answers. In his December 14 broadcast of CNNs Lou Dobbs Tonight, the business anchor gathered torches and pitchforks in response to the news of an overall trade deficit [that] hit…

     Lower energy prices have spurred a significant drop in consumer prices according to a December 15 report from a federal agency that tracks economic data. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U…