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March 9, 2007
Sometimes a news outlet doesn’t even agree with itself. That was the case with CNN’s coverage of the latest unemployment news on March 9. Reporter Ali Velshi called it “good news” but CNN.com headlined the same news “weakest in 2 years.”
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March 7, 2007
What’s $18,000 – as long as it’s for a good cause?
That’s the attitude the CBS “Evening News” took in the first installment of its series “Global Warming: Cool Solutions.” The March 6 story focused on California’s solar power initiative…
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March 6, 2007
“Consider the case closed on global warming,” claimed Time magazine in the February 19 issue.
Not likely.
The March 5 “Hannity…
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February 28, 2007
What’s the difference between a stock market “collapse” and a “correction?” It all depends on which news outlet you watch.
Over at the February 27 CBS “Evening News,” exaggeration was the rule of the day. Anchor Katie Couric called the…
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February 22, 2007
CNN’s “American Morning” jolted its viewers awake with a series of stories on caffeine that emphasized government regulation and threw in some good old-fashioned misreporting.
The bulk of the February 22 caffeinated coverage was devoted…
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February 16, 2007
Whoever said you can lead a horse to water but can’t make him drink never met the America media. Since Al Gore’s announcement of worldwide concerts to combat climate change, journalists have been swallowing Gore’s claims that it’s purely a “…
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January 31, 2007
So much for energy independence.
The Washington Post downplayed the potential loss of four Western hydroelectric dams that might be destroyed to make life easier … for salmon.
According to the January 31 article by the Post’s…
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January 19, 2007
Washington Post fashionista Robin Givhan has struck again. This time she’s arguing for regulation of the fashion industry and defending the little people – America’s skinny models.
Givhan led off her article with a blatant attack on…
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October 2, 2008
How do you get nominated for a magazine award? Do something that offends almost everyone and tears down an American icon at the same time. Even better, claim you were just trying to get “attention.”
That’s certainly the strategy Time…
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August 28, 2008
The American economy is a “disaster.” The media have been singing that song for at least a year. When a presidential candidate recites the refrain, it’s news. Or it should be. But in the election of 2008, such a ridiculous claim…
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