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June 5, 2009
Following a report on the rise in bankruptcies due to medical bills, “The Early Show” offered the Obama administration more free advertising for its health care agenda.Anchor Harry Smith interviewed controversial Health and Human services Secretary…
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June 3, 2009
In January, President Obama said that $787 billion stimulus package was desperately necessary to prevent more Americans from losing their jobs.“For every day we wait or point fingers or drag our feet, more Americans will lose their jobs,” Obama said…
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October 24, 2006
The Dow Jones Industrial Average set an all time record on October 19, closing a few points about 12,000. Yet only ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” led the newscast with the news, while CBS’s Katie Couric dismissed the…
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October 23, 2006
“Freshman 15 down to just 8,” blared an October 23 USA Today headline. But reporter Nanci Hellmich still found an appetite for worry about college students’ eating habits in her Life section article. …
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April 23, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ‘abolish’ carbon usage and sees a direct comparison to the end of slavery.
According to Kennedy, “industry and government warnings” about avoiding “economic ruin…
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May 13, 2009
It’s been a recurring media theme since President Obama was elected – tell a news story the way he told it in a speech or press conference and then ignore the critics.That’s exactly what the networks did in health care reform stories May 11 and 12,…
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May 6, 2009
Neil Cavuto had some harsh criticism of President Obama during his end-of-show monologue on May 5.The Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network anchor blasted Obama for creating villains of businesses and for presenting an inconsistent message that…
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May 4, 2009
President Obama held a press conference on May 4 to detail a “far-reaching crackdown on offshore tax avoidance, targeting many U.S.-based multinational corporations and wealthy individuals,” according to The Wall Street Journal.The Journal said on…
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April 29, 2009
“Are we on the verge of a swine flu pandemic?” That was a question asked by Larry King for CNN on April 27, but also by many Americans since April 24 as the number of confirmed cases around the world grew.NBC’s Robert Bazell said the government didn…
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April 22, 2009
Curbing emissions will come at a price, something CNN surprisingly admitted on Earth Day.As CNN’s Poppy Harlow explained, “We could all be paying more folks, if this energy bill that is currently moving through Congress gets signed into law and the…