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September 18, 2008
So much for the media hype about Arctic ice disappearing this summer.
Less than three months ago, NBC’s Anne Thompson was warning ominously of ice loss. “But this summer, some scientists say…
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August 20, 2008
When is an increase in consumer confidence bad news? When ABC reports it.
Network anchor George Stephanopoulos led off the August 19 "World News" with this gloom-and-doom teaser: “Terrible…
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August 12, 2008
It’s not often that you can point to The Washington Post as the voice of reason, but the paper has its moments. One such was the August 12 oil drilling editorial that debunks three major “‘truths’ masquerading as fact” about…
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August 4, 2008
The price of oil continues to plunge – off more than $25 a barrel from its high. Naturally, someone was bound to credit … Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Only one problem, the financial expert who did so is…
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October 29, 2009
The Obama administration is joining with some prominent members of the press to get government involved in the future of journalism. The latest effort has the FCC picking a prominent left-wing religion blogger to oversee the FCC’s investigation.FCC…
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August 7, 2009
The left and the media commonly blame conservatives for hate speech. But as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proved with her Nazi comment, the left is often the real guilty party. The latest example of this hypocrisy is The Washington Post’s Steven…
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December 14, 2006
Just how are car companies staying in business without caring about their customers? “The manufacturers would prefer to save the $100 that it would cost to make a strong roof and put it into their…
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December 7, 2006
There were 7.7 billion reasons to report the story, but none of the three broadcast networks did so on their December 6 programs. “Fannie Mae took another step toward resolving its accounting fiasco…
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October 24, 2006
It took 31 years, but Newsweek magazine admitted it was incorrect about climate change. In a nearly 1,000-word correction, Senior Editor Jerry Adler finally agreed that a 1975 piece on global cooling “was so spectacularly wrong…
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October 24, 2006
The Dow Jones Industrial Average set an all time record on October 19, closing a few points about 12,000. Yet only ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” led the newscast with the news, while CBS’s Katie Couric dismissed the…