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December 3, 2007
As of December 3, oil is trading under $88 a barrel, but it wasn’t that long ago the media were jumping on the $100-barrel bandwagon, warning Americans the worst was ahead.
“Crude briefly…
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November 30, 2007
The latest news: our economy grew even more last quarter than we thought!
The latest network reporting: the White House reduced its growth forecast.
“From the…
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November 26, 2007
It was supposed to be a kickoff to a lackluster holiday season.
The day after Thanksgiving, known as “Black Friday,” showed that might not be the case. Sales jumped 7.2 percent for Friday and…
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November 27, 2007
Bitterness still resonates with former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather after his 2004 election Bush National Guard failure and his eventual 2006 departure.
Rather, now employed by HDNet –…
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November 27, 2007
The “Hannah Montana Scandal” – sounds like something you might see in a supermarket tabloid, right? No, it’s just that CBS “Early Show” co-host Hannah Storm isn’t able to get cheap tickets for her daughters to a Hannah…
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November 20, 2007
When Tom Brokaw, an old-time mainstream media figure in his own right, says he thinks print newspapers won’t be around in 10 years, that’s probably not a good sign for the industry. (Click for audio.)
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November 20, 2007
This one will really tug at your heartstrings – grandmothers might have to cut corners to be able to afford the family feast this year for Thanksgiving.
“[G]randmother Judy Inman is feeling the…
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November 19, 2007
Just as the holiday season is cranking up, CBS is clamping down. Even strong numbers at Wal-Mart don’t satisfy the negative network. The November 18 “CBS Evening News” kept up its predictable pessimism about the…
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November 16, 2007
So what’s another $1 trillion as long as it’s for a good cause?
Apparently not much according to Woody Tasch, the chairman of Investors’ Circle, a company that describes itself as a “community…
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November 15, 2007
It has become routine. Once a month, California-based RealtyTrac releases national foreclosure statistics and once a month, all three networks include a foreclosures story in their November 14 newscast.
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