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April 24, 2007
How do you fix problems with government? With more government, of course. That’s the CBS strategy based on reported problems at the Food and Drug Administration. In a two-story effort, the network pushed for more legislation, more regulation…
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April 23, 2007
Would-be president Dennis Kucinich voiced “concern” over possible “$4 a gallon” summer gas prices and directed blame toward oil companies on CNN’s “In the Money.”
Hosts Ali Velshi and Christine Romans lobbed softball questions at the…
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April 20, 2007
The Christian Science Monitor gave a green thumbs up to a recent EPA decision mandating emission standards for new lawnmowers. It downplayed one detail about the increased regulation – higher costs.
“[H]elp is on the way. Thanks to a new…
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April 19, 2007
“Good Morning America” weatherman Sam Champion gushed on April 19 in a report about an “eco-friendly” house and green home furnishings, but buried even the mildest mention of the costs.
“There’s many simple, even money-saving ways that we…
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April 18, 2007
There is more than a few letters different between “silent” and “silenced.”
In the case of “lost credibility” of “almost silenced,” climate scientists who disagree with Al Gore’s climate consensus, BusinessWeek gave the credit to “…
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April 18, 2007
Green activism is all the rage these days, with events taking up so much calendar space you might need a separate one just to keep track – just be sure it’s printed on post-consumer recycled paper, of course.
Many of these events, like…
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April 17, 2007
Even when its actions “create a tremendous number of potential conflicts,” The New York Times treats AARP with respect and softens any criticism by consulting only the group’s friends.
AARP announced it will start offering health…
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April 16, 2007
Guilty until proven innocent – that was the verdict for the student loan industry on CNN’s “In the Money.”
The show’s anchors turned a story on investigation of college financial aid offices into a diatribe on corporate scandal and an…
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April 13, 2007
With tax filing deadlines just around the corner, “American Morning” focused on the alternative minimum tax, a parallel tax structure that struck about 3.5 million taxpayers last year.
Business reporter Ali Velshi explained on the April…
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April 12, 2007
Mandatory government regulation of carbon dioxide is “the right direction” to combat global warming according to CNN’s Ali Velshi.
Velshi’s April 12 “American Morning” report detailed how ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) CEO James Mulva embraced…
