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December 3, 2008
The network broadcast media have generally ignored or downplayed the role of unions in establishing bad business models for the Big Three U.S. automakers. But NBC’s “Today” show bucked the trend Dec. 3 with an honest report about how union contracts…
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December 2, 2008
Give the auto companies billions of dollars or Americans will all be lining up for soup.
At least that was the warning from the mayor of Lansing, Mich. “You know this is a sure prescription to…
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December 2, 2008
CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer said on NBC’s “Today” show Dec. 2 that comparisons between the current economy and the Great Depression are “scare tactics.” Maybe he forgot about his own reliance on the juxtaposition.…
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November 26, 2008
It looks like journalists are adopting the Chris Matthews philosophy of covering the transition into President-elect Barack Obama’s administration: don’t rock the boat.
Broadcast network news…
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November 13, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced Nov. 12 that he would be redirecting the $700 billion bailout to focus on propping up financial institutions instead of buying troubled mortgage assets, which was the original…
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October 30, 2008
Every holiday season people travel and the media celebrate the yearly tradition of complaining about how much airfare costs have increased.
CBS’s “The Early Show” got an early start on the…
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October 30, 2008
Rarely does a broadcast journalist passionately defend science and business. But NBC’s chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman did just that on the network’s “Today” show Oct. 30.
Snyderman…
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October 23, 2008
When Tony the Tiger gets fired, we’ll know biofuel mandates have taken their toll.
Correspondent Susan Koeppen said on “The Early Show” Oct. 23 consumers would be “paying more and getting less…
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October 3, 2008
Children’s cough and cold medicine is “safe” when used properly, but according to the same CBS doctor the product is “dangerous.” As a result, the network chose to blame business.
That’s what…
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September 26, 2008
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain suspended his campaign to help craft a government bailout of the financial sector not for the good of the country, but so he could take credit – at least according to his…
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