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May 21, 2008
Campaign trail talk of a “windfall profits” tax on oil companies wasn’t enough for the Senate Judiciary Committee, which accused oil executives May 21 of manipulating the market.
Democratic senators said they saw a failing market…
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May 20, 2008
You’d think gas prices are high enough as it is. But for some reason, the NBC “Today” show needed to make prices seem even worse by showing a picture of a gas station with above-average prices.
Co-host Ann Curry reported that “gasoline…
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May 7, 2008
He’s on the cover of magazines like Time and Vanity Fair and appears on TV regularly as the image of the environmental movement. Now the polar bear could be pounding a path to your door.
Under pressure from environmentalists, the U.S.…
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May 7, 2008
It’s doubtful John Lennon had profit entirely in mind when he staged a “bed-in” protest of war in Montreal in 1969 and recorded the infamous peace movement anthem “Give Peace a Chance.” But that’s what one witness to the occasion has in mind…
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May 1, 2008
When the federal government announced April 30 that the economy grew in the first quarter of 2008, members of the media scrambled to find bad news to report. The NBC “Nightly News” found the Craigslist Indicator.
“Even though it grew…
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April 24, 2008
Prices for groceries like corn, bread, meat, cheese and milk have been on the rise for American grocery shoppers. Food riots have broken out in third-world countries where the cost of food has left millions hungry.
But U.S. network news…
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April 11, 2008
George Soros has made doom-and-gloom predictions for the U.S. economy – again. Naturally, it resulted in the New York Times dubbing him a “prophet.”
Soros recently released a new book in which he predicted impending financial doom.…
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April 9, 2008
Soccer moms are trading in Tupperware parties for “Green” parties, according to the NBC “Today” show. But one of the results is a driveway full of gas-guzzling, carbon-emitting SUVs!
“From the plants in her garden to the makeup on her…
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April 3, 2008
Though economists are less than certain, a U.S. economy in recession is a foregone conclusion for many in the media. The April 3 NBC “Today” show offered a light at the end of an economic tunnel, however.
Natalie Morales declared…
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