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June 19, 2008
“Issue #1 is your economy,” CNN host Ali Velshi announced March 17, as CNN launched a new mid-day show focused on the issue polls show is the top priority for Americans in the election season. Since then, “Issue #1” has brought viewers “…
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June 11, 2008
Gas has finally hit $4 a gallon. Most Americans are upset about the cost, but to some journalists, environmental activists and politicians, high gas prices are good news.
Even though the media have complained about “sky-high” gas prices,…
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June 2, 2008
Journalists have announced all sorts of interesting indicators (like Spam sales) that show an economy in the tank, especially when real indicators show continued growth and stabilization. On June 2, the NBC “Today” show turned to pawn shops…
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May 28, 2008
Despite including a high gas price prediction, ABC “World News with Charles Gibson” provided much-needed context to rising gas prices in its May 27 broadcast. The report acknowledged the supply and demand factors currently driving up the cost…
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May 28, 2008
As unemployment remains low, the economy continues to avoid recession, and the housing market shows signs of beginning to rebound, NBC portrayed “average” Americans on the brink of starvation.
NBC investigative correspondent Lisa Myers…
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May 27, 2008
The slowed economy is being blamed for a lot of things, and now the NBC “Nightly News” says it is hurting the children because of funding problems in California public schools.
“In today’s tough financial times, nearly all of California’s…
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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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