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December 29, 2008
Who doesn’t like to see taxes cut? Well, it depends on who gets the cut.
A Dec. 28 “NBC Nightly News” segment about President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming administration took on the issue of the “top domestic concern, the economy.” According…
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December 18, 2008
In an attempt to pit “us” against “them [Wall Street]” Rachel Maddow mocked and criticized the rate at which Goldman Sachs was taxed this year.
The MSNBC host of “The Rachel Maddow” show lamented that the investment bank Goldman Sachs, which…
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December 18, 2008
Even in a story about Wall Street scandal, NBC found time to promote a bailout of the auto industry.
The Dec. 17 “NBC Nightly News” went out of its way to put the amount of Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion fraudulent Ponzi scheme in…
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December 18, 2008
Love him or hate him, this time Jim Cramer makes a good point.
While some in the media have expressed fury over allegations that Bernard Madoff ran a Ponzi scheme that may have cost investors up to $50 billion, CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim…
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December 16, 2008
Rupert Murdoch has his critics – from those who think his papers are too tabloid-ish – The Sun, The New York Post – to those who find his cable television networks too right-leaning for their tastes. And back in 2007, there was a fear that his…
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December 16, 2008
Even with all his detractors, CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer has never been shy about expressing his opinion. Most notably, his infamous Aug. 3, 2007 “They know nothing … They’re nuts” rant was a full fledged meltdown, but it correctly…
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December 15, 2008
The proposed automaker bailout has a big stamp on it that says “union-built,” but the news media hasn’t noticed. The proposed automaker bailout has a big stamp on it that says “union-built,” but the news media hasn’t noticed.
Over the past…
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December 12, 2008
All is fair in love and war … and environmentalism.
A Greenpeace advertisement attacking the fishing industry that was posted on YouTube Dec. 3 spells out doom and gloom for a type of Pollock…
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December 12, 2008
Time and again we’ve heard about the lost jobs and economic impact of failing to bail out the beleaguered American auto manufacturers. But little mention has been made of the consequences of going through with the bailout,…
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December 10, 2008
Remember when you were young and encouraged to take your vitamins to grow up big and strong? That was probably a waste of time – at least at least according two of the three broadcast network evening newscasts on Dec. 9.…