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ABCs Lisa Stark Goes After Oil Profits
Ken Shepherd | January 26, 2006
     High gas prices have had the oil industry feeling the heat, said ABCs Elizabeth Vargas, adding, Today, it launched a counterattack, as she teased World News Tonight reporter Lisa Starks…
Hit Job
Dan Gainor | January 25, 2006
See Executive Summary The numbers sounded more ominous with each report – 7,000, 20,000, 30,000 … 600,000 jobs lost. Outsourcing, high energy prices and high government spending were depicted as draining the lifeblood out of the American…
Hit Job: Executive Summary
Dan Gainor | January 25, 2006
See Full Report More than 2 million new jobs were created in 2005 but that wasn’t the story presented by the evening news. The three broadcast networks downplayed strong growth and, instead, emphasized negatives such as corporate layoffs and…
In Depth Report on Detroits Woes Skirts Heavy Union Costs
Ken Shepherd | January 25, 2006
     Covering recently announced layoffs at Ford, the evening newscasts have ignored the role labor union costs have played in the number two automakers woes. The January 24 NBC Nightly News report filed…
Special Edition: Jobs
BMI Staff | January 25, 2006
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Newscasts Overlook Fords Costly Severance Programs
Ken Shepherd | January 24, 2006
     The January 23 editions of the network newscasts led with layoffs at Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), detailing the number of jobs to be lost and the plants slated for closing,…
CNNs Dobbs Blames Free Trade, Non-Union Labor for Fords Woes
Ken Shepherd | January 23, 2006
     CNNs Lou Dobbs outsourced his error-prone anti-free market services to a competing network with a January 23 guest appearance on ABCs Good Morning America to discuss Ford Motor Companys (NYSE…
Major Newspapers Ignore Low Jobless Numbers
Ken Shepherd | January 20, 2006
     Jobless claims hit a five-year low in mid-January according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 19. But while Bloomberg and Reuters…
CNN Spends 2005 Telling People Theyre Going Backwards
Noel Sheppard | January 20, 2006
     In many respects, 2005 was the strongest economic year the United States has experienced since 1999. The Gross Domestic Product continued its uninterrupted string of consecutive 3-percent or…
USA Today, Washington Post Repeat Inflation Concerns
Ken Shepherd | January 19, 2006
     USA Today and The Washington Post hyped inflation fears today rather than focus on optimistic outlooks from economists or a Federal Reserve report showing strong economic growth in the weeks closing…