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April 25, 2008
CNBC host Jim Cramer has added himself to a short list of broadcast journalists who are willing to connect food inflation to government-mandated use of ethanol, a gasoline additive made with corn.
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April 17, 2008
You might think the networks harping on airlines for weeks over inspection controversies, delayed flights and ticket prices, might feel compelled to at least acknowledge some good news about the industry. But ABC “World News…
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April 10, 2008
As evening and morning news broadcasts showed video of angry air travelers lashing out at American Airlines for canceling thousands of flights, at least one show finally revealed the true culprit: the Federal Aviation…
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April 9, 2008
Since the beginning of 2008, the three broadcast networks have reported on a British Airways crash at London’s Heathrow Airport, pilots falling asleep on a Go! Airlines flight in Hawaii, the in-air death of an American…
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April 2, 2008
It seems that mainstream media reporters have finally started to realize that ethanol isn’t the environmental salvation it was hyped to be.
The cover story of the April 7 issue of Time magazine…
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March 27, 2008
American Airlines canceled more than 300 flights March 26 as older planes were voluntarily re-inspected to make sure they met safety standards set by the Federal Aviation Administration. But the cancellations had CNN’s Miles…
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March 27, 2008
Howell Raines, former executive editor of The New York Times, is scared for his pension.
Raines wrote in the April 2008 Condé Nast Portfolio that he fears the “pirate” Rupert Murdoch will…
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March 17, 2008
The NBC “Today” show can’t seem to decide on an angle for its coverage of troubling developments on Wall Street over the weekend.
Host Matt Lauer declared a “Code Red” for the economy on March…
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March 13, 2008
Foreclosure filings in February 2008 were down 4 percent from January, but you wouldn’t know that from watching NBC’s “Today” show March 13.
That’s because CNBC contributor Erin Burnett only…
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March 12, 2008
Amidst concerns about oil prices and inflation, journalists forget one thing: government-mandated ethanol.
CNBC’s Erin Burnett ignored the effect it has on the price of food at the…