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May 21, 2007
Score one for the ol’ American Dream.
Many news reports had been telling us it was dead. But the May 21 USA Today offered some hope – and a brand new spin on the class warfare story the media…
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June 18, 2008
“Good Morning America” slammed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) June 17 for “using combat vets as guinea pigs to test a controversial drug.” This report has already led to calls for congressional probes of the VA and…
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April 17, 2008
“At this vital juncture in the Earth’s history, it’s clear that the American people are looking for a presidential candidate who will take climate change ‘very seriously.’”
That’s how Jerry…
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March 27, 2008
The sympathetic, struggling cardholder. The anti-credit card company activist. The heartless business and the beleaguered industry representative. Check, check and check – but “Good Morning America’s” March 27 story wouldn’t…
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March 12, 2008
The Democratic presidential race is still going strong and both candidates have latched on to the housing market as a key issue. Both want to bail out mortgage holders, but the news media have given little in-depth attention…
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January 20, 2008
Michelle Singletary, a Washington Post personal finance columnist known for usually sound advice, used her January 20 column to boost Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Singletary echoed…
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December 12, 2011
Broadcast
journalists have been the only ones bidding up gas prices lately.
While they foretell a horizon of $4 and $5 gas, consumers on U.S.
streets are paying an average of $2.81 up…
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December 12, 2011
The Picture of Hype
Networks show exaggerated video of
highest gas prices, hyping daily increases but glossing over the…
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December 12, 2011
As Katrina
survivors begin to file insurance claims, some politicians and
activists want to hold insurance companies and taxpayers responsible
for uninsured properties. The media are…
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June 1, 2012
Executive SummaryWhat kind of messages about business and the American workplace does
prime time tele-vision send to viewers? To find out, the Free Market
Project of the Media Research Center (MRC) analyzed 17 weeks of prime
time fare over 26 months…