Mark Strassmann

Dan Gainor | November 17, 2011

You can tell people are filling up their cars with gasoline by the scowls on their faces. Nearly three years into Obama-Nation and the term "gas pain" is something that Tums just can't erase.

It's the culmination of the…

Edward Schatz | February 12, 2009

Occasionally, the news media provides justice for a wronged industry or company.

That’s what correspondent Mark Strassmann’s story did on the Feb. 11 “CBS Evening News.” He exposed the repercussions of the recent…

Jeff Poor | December 4, 2008

     As the debate over whether taxpayers should fund a bailout of the Big Three U.S. automakers remains front and center on Capitol Hill, foreign auto manufacturers are surviving in the United States, operating without the…

Jeff Poor | November 14, 2008

     Gas prices are up: that’s bad. Gas prices are down: that’s even worse. You can’t win either way.

 

     After a series of gas price hardship segments over the…

Jeff Poor | May 2, 2008

     With food inflation growing at an ever-increasing rate, things may be bad. But they aren’t as bad as the “CBS Evening News” made them seem.

 

     Even with the…

Nathan Burchfiel | April 9, 2008

     Since the beginning of 2008, the three broadcast networks have reported on a British Airways crash at London’s Heathrow Airport, pilots falling asleep on a Go! Airlines flight in Hawaii, the in-air death of an…

Jeff Poor | April 30, 2007

     One CEO has embraced the idea of letting shareholders vote on his pay, and the “CBS Evening News” embraced him for it.

 

      “In one work day, America…

Ken Shepherd | July 7, 2006

     “It’s a financial storm without a shelter in sight,” reporter Mark Strassmann blustered on the July 6 “Evening News.” “Up and down its coast, Florida has an insurance crisis,”…