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May 21, 2007
Score one for the ol’ American Dream.
Many news reports had been telling us it was dead. But the May 21 USA Today offered some hope – and a brand new spin on the class warfare story the media…
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June 18, 2008
“Good Morning America” slammed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) June 17 for “using combat vets as guinea pigs to test a controversial drug.” This report has already led to calls for congressional probes of the VA and…
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April 17, 2008
“At this vital juncture in the Earth’s history, it’s clear that the American people are looking for a presidential candidate who will take climate change ‘very seriously.’”
That’s how Jerry…
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March 27, 2008
The sympathetic, struggling cardholder. The anti-credit card company activist. The heartless business and the beleaguered industry representative. Check, check and check – but “Good Morning America’s” March 27 story wouldn’t…
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March 12, 2008
The Democratic presidential race is still going strong and both candidates have latched on to the housing market as a key issue. Both want to bail out mortgage holders, but the news media have given little in-depth attention…
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January 20, 2008
Michelle Singletary, a Washington Post personal finance columnist known for usually sound advice, used her January 20 column to boost Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Singletary echoed…
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December 12, 2011
For two
weeks since hurricane Katrina made landfall, Americas media have
been presenting startling images of an impoverished New Orleans.
Unfortunately, many journalists have been as inaccurate with their…
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December 12, 2011
Broadcast
journalists have been the only ones bidding up gas prices lately.
While they foretell a horizon of $4 and $5 gas, consumers on U.S.
streets are paying an average of $2.81 up…
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December 12, 2011
The Picture of Hype
Networks show exaggerated video of
highest gas prices, hyping daily increases but glossing over the…
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December 12, 2011
As Katrina
survivors begin to file insurance claims, some politicians and
activists want to hold insurance companies and taxpayers responsible
for uninsured properties. The media are…