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June 18, 2007
The latest slant on student loans: private lenders essentially steal food off borrowers’ tables.
A woman who earns only $200 more a month than she pays toward her student loan is not a…
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June 15, 2007
What does it take to be called a “New Action Hero” by Time magazine? A left-wing political agenda that includes global warming, publicly-funded stem cell research, radical gun control, government-subsidized housing or an 18…
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June 14, 2007
R.I.P. Toucan Sam (1963-2007). Chalk another victory up for the fat police.
CBS “Early Show” anchor Hannah Storm supported getting rid of the characters on June 14.
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June 14, 2007
You know the scorpion that killed the frog in that old fable? According to Columbia Journalism Review, that’s Rupert Murdoch.
CJR, a magazine for “professional journalists published bimonthly…
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June 13, 2007
ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” reported foreclosure statistics furnished by RealtyTrac, a commonly used barometer of the real estate market, on its June 12 broadcast. “Today we learned that more than 176,000 home…
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June 13, 2007
Many baby boomers are planning a “late” retirement and CBS “Evening News” thinks that’s a problem. The June 12 report led viewers to believe boomers were being forced to work into and past retirement age, but that wasn’t…
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June 12, 2007
CNN “American Morning” co-host John Roberts conducted an interview with the mother of a Staten Island teenage track athlete who died tragically in an apparent overdose of a well-known muscle soreness cream. The athlete’s…
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June 11, 2007
The June 10 issue of The New York Times Magazine scrutinized the income gap and showcased Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards’ “War on Poverty” in a 34-page, 21,000-word article co-authored by four people. …
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June 12, 2007
Michael Moore doesn’t need an advertising budget for his new film, “Sicko.” The media are doing a fine job getting out the word.
The June 12 “American Morning” featured almost two and a half…
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June 11, 2007
“America’s CEOs are raking in big, huge, fat wads of cash,” said CNN’s Stephanie Elam on the June 11 “American Morning.”
The latest scrutiny of executive compensation took a stab at Yahoo! (…