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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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December 14, 2006
Just how are car companies staying in business without caring about their customers? “The manufacturers would prefer to save the $100 that it would cost to make a strong roof and put it into their…
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December 7, 2006
There were 7.7 billion reasons to report the story, but none of the three broadcast networks did so on their December 6 programs. “Fannie Mae took another step toward resolving its accounting fiasco…
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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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September 19, 2006
“Retailers See Strong Sales For Holidays” – New York Times, September 19“Holiday Sales Growth Expected to Decline” – Washington Post, September 19 It’s barely time to think about buying Halloween candy, but for The Washington…
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September 13, 2006
ABC’s Chris Cuomo took a quick shot at Wal-Mart in a brief news read on the September 12 “Good Morning America.” The news desk anchor informed his audience that “a so-called living…
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July 25, 2006
OK. Who outsourced Lou Dobbs’s dictionary to China? That has to be the only explanation for why CNN’s resident anti-free trader Lou Dobbs claimed a guest critical of the Bush administration’s trade policies was…
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July 24, 2006
It’s a slow news day and you’re an environment reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper. What do you do to kill time before your bicycle ride home? If you’re The Washington Post’s Michael Grunwald, you might pen a couple…
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