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Jeff Poor | April 9, 2009

Ed Schultz debuted on MSNBC during the 5 p.m. slot on April 6 with a flashy new set. And although the liberal radio host’s “ED Show” is in its infancy, it has one apparent theme – it’s very pro-organized labor.

Leo Gerard, president of…

Jeff Poor | April 9, 2009

Is this really what it has come to – columnists lobbying the government for a bailout?

 

Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law school professor, wrote in her last column for the Los Angeles Times on April 9 that it is time…

Julia A. Seymour | April 9, 2009

Is pessimism about the economy really the new porn?

ABC’s Dan Harris inquired about that possibility in an April 9 “Quick Fix” video for ABCNews.com. But he didn’t examine ABC’s role in promoting pessimistic or apocalyptic news which…

Julia A. Seymour | April 8, 2009

King Midas could turn everything he touched to gold. President Obama has a similar effect on news coverage of his policies.

Just look at the way broadcast journalists have covered (and covered for) Obama on the issue of taxes. It didn’t…

BMI Staff | April 8, 2009
Tax 'Cuts,' Tax Hikes, Media Back Obama Either Way Cable and network news applaud Obama's stimulus bill for 'tax breaks,' but barely explain president's proposed tax hikes in the…
Jeff Poor | April 7, 2009

Acts of protest tend to be synonymous with the left and are usually considered unsurprising on the right. However, when conservatives demonstrate – liberals take notice in a big way.

 

On Fox News Channel’s April 7 “Your World…

Dan Gainor | April 7, 2009

When you want tea, you bring water to a boil. When you want genuine change, you do the same thing to the American public.

Right now, that public is boiling mad and, with April 15 around the corner, the most important thing brewing is…

Dan Kennedy | April 7, 2009

On cable news channels most days, to find the news that’s truly interesting, important, threatening, and worthy of discussion, you have to ignore the talking heads and look to the “craw”’ across the bottom of the screen below them.

The…

Jeff Poor | April 7, 2009

Between the very cold winter in many places and everyone including Vanity Fair focused on the economic downturn, many in the news media took a vacation from global warming alarmism. But on April 6, NBC brought the hype back with yet another…

Lauren O'Reilly | April 6, 2009

The 2008 vice presidential candidate of the Socialist Party USA, Stewart Alexander, had a tough sell over the weekend. 

Alexander appeared on FOX News Channel’s “Bulls and Bears” Apr. 2 to make the case for socialism. His claim that “…

Jeff Poor | April 6, 2009

Another sign that that the eco-movement is a victim of the economy: Condé Nast, the publisher of Vanity Fair has decided to kill its annual green issue, according to an article by Rachel Shields in the April 5 The Independent (UK).

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Jeff Poor | April 3, 2009

For the second time in a week, CNBC’s Rick Santelli faced down one of the standard-bearers of liberalism.

First, he explained to Huffington Post editor and founder Arianna Huffington on the March 31 “Squawk Box” that markets are more…

Edward Schatz | April 3, 2009

After months of doom and gloom, suggestions of the next Great Depression and stories on “tent cities,” the New York Times and CNN.com ran similar, positive pieces on the housing market.

 

While the depressed housing market and…

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Julia A. Seymour | April 2, 2009

Laura Wells doesn’t think the “rich” hate her, but she might be wrong about that.

Wells, a California Green Party candidate for comptroller, was on “Cavuto” on the Fox Business Network April 1 to call for higher taxes on “the rich.”…

Jeff Poor | April 2, 2009

Though most of the media haven’t noticed, one thing many of the world leaders meeting at the G20 summit in London agreed was the need to crackdown on tax havens.

As The Wall Street Journal explained on April 2, the Organization for Economic…

Jeff Poor | April 2, 2009

With the G20 meeting in London, there have been raucous protests – clashes with police in riot gear, destruction of property at nearby banks and even the death of one man from a heart attack. And the media have gone out of their way to cover…

Julia A. Seymour | April 1, 2009

Socialist International President George Papandreou has a lot in common with President Barack Obama.

Both the world leaders have called for nations to come together to solve the global recession and both claim it is necessary to focus on a…

BMI Staff | April 1, 2009
Liberals Complain, CNBC Caves In Given the state of the economy, financial networks have come under increasing scrutiny. CNBC specifically has been attacked for its pro…
Jeff Poor | April 1, 2009

With the economy suffering a steep downturn and a new hands-on approach by the federal government to correct it, financial news outlets have received increasing scrutiny. None more so than CNBC.

 

The cable channel, along with…