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December 22, 2005
In
newspapers, placement is everything. Put a story on the front page
above the fold, and everyone can see it as they walk by the
newsstand. But hide it deep in the nether-sections, and only Grandpa…
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July 21, 2005
No Shortage of Errors in Deficit Coverage
Newspapers continue
faulty approach to tax cuts.
by Amy
Menefee…
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July 6, 2005
Alls Well With Oil
BusinessWeek explains why
theres no need to worry about oil supplies.
by Amy
Menefee…
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July 5, 2005
Post Slants Tax Cut Story
Paper begrudgingly admits
economic growth but warns of scary deficits.
by Amy
Menefee…
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June 23, 2011
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Wal-Mart on June 20, saying that the hundreds of thousands of women who filed a class-action lawsuit against the retail giant hadn't proved the company has a "nationwide policy" that led to discrimination.The…
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June 17, 2011
Once again, a national news outlet has sided with borrowers against lenders. This time it was CBS "Evening News" which interviewed families going into "strategic default" on June 16.CBS defined those terms as a practice in which "people with no…
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June 9, 2011
The liberal news media have long blamed tax cuts for deficit, rather than blaming government spending. CNN Money.com's senior writer, Jeanne Sahadi, repeated this worn out meme again on June 8.Sahadi's piece cited 'two factors' that caused the…
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June 3, 2011
Add frequent cell phone usage to the long list of things that can give you cancer, according to the news media. CNN in particular has been reporting possible connections between cell phones and cancer for years.
But on "Newsroom" May 31, they…
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November 1, 2006
Since the 2003 Bush tax cuts, the media have joined the chorus of Democrats in singing an “anti-tax cut” hymn. As another election looms, some of the singers have changed, but the song remains the same.
“Three trillion dollars worth of…
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October 25, 2006
CNN is no “CSI,” but its reporters and anchors keep declaring things dead. They’ve called the American dream “impossible” and “a lost cause” and said the middle class is “in crisis” or going “out of business” – all in the month of October…