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May 9, 2008
Presenting a writer with no scientific background as an expert on food and nutrition might not seem like a prudent editorial decision for a major network newscast, but ABC’s “Nightline” did it anyway.
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May 9, 2008
Professional journalism ethics suggest reporters should avoid conflicts of interest and, well, be accurate. Maybe Mortimer Zuckerman didn’t get that memo. Zuckerman said he couldn’t make political contributions – when he’s…
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May 9, 2008
Did you know that planting a tree won't save the earth?
You've got to plant 483 trees just to offset your household's carbon footprint. And that's just for two people.
We know this because the Washington Post Home section on May 8 featured a…
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May 8, 2008
Imagine a threat facing the United States that is the equivalent of the German Nazis and Japanese Imperialists. According to Dr. Stephen Leeb, an economist for Leeb Capital Management, that threat is already here.
Leeb appeared on CNN’s…
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May 8, 2008
You would think that after admitting to plagiarizing on two separate occasions, The New York Times and its reporter, Alexei Barrionuevo, would be more careful with what they put into print.
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May 8, 2008
Despite major flaws of the air traffic control system, failures to conduct safety reviews and other problems The New York Times called the Federal Aviation Administration a “first-rate regulator” on May 8.
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May 8, 2008
If it isn’t another heartbreaking victim story about a homeowner who got in over their head with a mortgage they couldn’t afford; the media look for someone to blame for the housing downturn.
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May 8, 2008
Eighty people in a Vermont town will soon be out of a job and residents will have lost access to a wide selection of less expensive hardware. NBC calls that a “great story.”
The Home Depot (…
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May 7, 2008
If it bleeds, it leads. But if it doesn’t bleed, just pretend it does.
That might have been what NBC correspondent Tom Costello was doing when seeking expert commentary on a segment about record-high oil prices and a Goldman Sachs (NYSE:…
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May 7, 2008
Polar Bear Scare Could Maul Energy Production
Just how endangered are polar bears? The U.S. Department of the
Interior must decide that by May 15…
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