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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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October 2, 2008
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. That must have been CNBC host Melissa Francis’ line of thinking when she described the so-called “tax extenders” included in the U.S. Senate’s bailout bill.
The bill,…
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October 2, 2008
Dozens of media reports have compared current economic conditions to the Great Depression. But the Oct. 1 broadcast of “CBS Evening News” didn’t just say there were similarities; it conjured up images of Depression-era…
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October 1, 2008
It’s rare, but occasionally a journalist actually questions over-the-top government spending.
NBC chief Washington correspondent Norah O’Donnell took an inquisitive tone in an Oct. 1 interview…
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October 1, 2008
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi blasted free market capitalism (and the GOP) in front of the entire nation on Sept. 29 as the debate raged over a potential $700 billion bailout.
“They claim…
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October 1, 2008
Despite Media Mythmaking, Capitalism Didnt Fail
Capitalism
is taking a beating in the mainstream media these days.
Reporters complain that…
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October 1, 2008
Americans aren’t all on board for the government stepping in and saving the day with an expensive bailout/rescue bill – and that has some journalists scratching their heads.
Correspondent Carol…
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October 1, 2008
We got a harsh reminder this week that “Dow” can be a shortened form of the word “Down.” Way down. Monday, the Dow dumped 777 points, a near-7-percent drop. The media that had hollered about economic problems when there were none, finally have…
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October 1, 2008
Academic economists sit alone in their ivory towers, insulated from the world around them and oblivious to reality – at least according to CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer.
“One-hundred-and-sixty-six academic economists signed a letter…
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September 30, 2008
Do the media sometimes take a different tone with Republicans compared to Democrats? “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric does.
Couric interviewed House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio,…
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