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March 30, 2007
Crime victims can’t catch a break. “American Morning” anchor Soledad O’Brien accused TJX Cos., the parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, of dishonesty in the March 30 broadcast after the company had suffered a massive data…
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March 28, 2007
Media coverage of housing is booming again. This time, it’s the Shocked and Victimized Homebuyers versus the Big Bad Loan Companies.
As the subprime lending “crisis” has gone primetime, the…
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March 19, 2007
The student loan business might be taking advantage of college students, according to ABC “World News,” but viewers will just have to trust the network about the particulars.
Anchor Dan Harris…
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March 8, 2007
All three network evening news shows used extreme examples about “abusive” credit card company practices on March 7, but only one even suggested cardholders should make responsible choices.
ABC…
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February 20, 2007
Five days ago, Diane Sawyer promised viewers they could wake up to ABC’s morning program to find her and her colleagues “taking your case” to insurance companies “and getting answers” about unresolved Hurricane Katrina…
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February 15, 2007
Treating homeowner insurance as a right rather than a business contract, ABC’s “Good Morning America” slammed insurance underwriter State Farm for its decision to stop selling new policies to homeowners in Mississippi.…
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February 7, 2007
When it comes to featuring storylines that bash American business, a 2006 Business & Media Institute (BMI) study found NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU” (SVU) one of the prime offenders. Now the gritty crime drama is making…
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January 26, 2007
Portraying an angry parent as an enemy of sound science, reporter Blaine Harden shared with Washington Post readers the story of Federal Way, Wash., science teacher Kay Walls and her struggle to show “An Inconvenient Truth”…
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January 23, 2007
Gasoline costs nearly 20 cents less than it did the same time last year, but the good news merited only a passing mention on the night before President Bush’s State of the Union address. By contrast, the networks spent more…
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January 12, 2007
One man’s punitive damages could mean distress for an industry.
But to one news anchor, it was a “victory” for the little guy.
NBC’s Brian Williams quickly…
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