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June 16, 2006
Networks Think Inflation
is Important Only When Its Rising
Signs that consumer prices are under
control get ignored or downplayed…
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May 17, 2006
Tax Cuts Once Again
Favor the Wealthy
Networks fixate on tax cuts for the
rich while ignoring exploding tax revenues.
By…
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May 3, 2006
None of this should come as a surprise. Its actually a trend the
Business…
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February 8, 2006
ABCs Good Morning America asked two different guests if this plan
was just a pipe dream. Meanwhile, The Washington Post suggested
that this could have come straight from the mouth of Jimmy Carter…
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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 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 4, 2006
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.…
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April 16, 2008
Some of the toughest obstacles American businesses face come not from other companies or the economy, but from the media – journalists exaggerating an issue to make a story sexier or anti-business groups influencing the media to advance their agenda…
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December 20, 2006
When Santa came to Wall Street this year, the media cried and pouted.
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at an all-time high and commodities markets experiencing one of…
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December 27, 2007
Holiday retail sales were up in 2007 from 2006, but not enough for a media always looking for ways to downplay economic news.
According to MasterCard SpendingPulse, retail sales were up 3.6…