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November 6, 2007
Even though the media have been saying flight delays were so bad this year, it turns out they are better than last year.
CNN’s November 6 “American Morning” anchor Kiran Chetry introduced a report on improved flight delays by giving it to…
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August 13, 2007
Who’s to blame for flight delays? Certainly not faulty government programs, says the “CBS Evening News.”
“Sheer misery … passengers on arriving planes couldn’t get off, stuck on taxi ways for up to six hours with little or no food and…
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March 9, 2007
Should the United States put its faith in a carbon reduction plan that does not work?
That was the question American Public Media (APM) asked in coverage of the European Union’s energy summit March 8.
Host Scott Jagow asked “why…
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February 22, 2007
What’s hurting America’s kids? Tax cuts.
That was the conclusion of one study by a liberal policy group, Every Child Matters. And a February 22 Marketplace segment by American Public Media reported it without question. American Public…
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November 7, 2008
To market, to market to buy a fat bailout.
“The government is doing what it can. They’ve learned the lessons of the 30s. And the lesson of the 30s was to put ideology aside and do whatever you can to bail it out,” New York Times Chief…
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November 4, 2008
An Obama victory could boost conservative talk show hosts according to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on election day. The show was more skeptical over the future of left-wing talk.
“Who is going to win in terms of the cable wars?” asked co-host Joe…
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September 19, 2008
If you are the CEO of a private company that fails, prepare to be scrutinized by the media. If you are the CEO of a government sponsored enterprise (GSE), you don’t even get a mention.
In a September 19 “Good Morning America” preview of a…
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September 2, 2008
Sex sells, even during a presidential election. But that doesn’t mean journalists have to be happy about it.
CNBC’s “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernan took a moment during a panel discussion September 2 to take a shot at the onslaught of…
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August 25, 2008
An opponent of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama’s health care proposal is a “bad person” in Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s book, even if that opponent is Sen. Hillary Clinton.
“Hillary has fought for universal health-…
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August 7, 2008
How do you make the foreclosure crisis seem even scarier? Add in a potentially deadly virus.
CBS’s “The Early Show,” reported August 7 that a new stronger strain of the West Nile virus could spread across the country with help from the…