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Jeff Poor | September 22, 2008

     Last week, CNBC Washington correspondent John Harwood estimated the crisis on Wall Street would benefit Sen. Barack Obama’s bid for the White House but on September 22, he suggested Obama’s race might outweigh that.

Paul Detrick | September 19, 2008

     If you are the CEO of a private company that fails, prepare to be scrutinized by the media. If you are the CEO of a government sponsored enterprise (GSE), you don’t even get a mention.

     In a September 19 “Good Morning America”…

Jeff Poor | September 19, 2008

 

 

     Has CNBC, the financial network of NBC Universal, become the funeral parlor of free-market capitalism?

 

     Rob Cox, a former Bloomberg South Europe…

Jeff Poor | September 19, 2008

     If you want to get people on your side of an issue, scare them by suggesting something is going to hurt their children.

 

     That’s the environmentalists’ strategy, according to…

Nathan Burchfiel | September 19, 2008

     The news media could create its own encyclopedia of made-up economic indicators – sweater sales, Starbucks, McDonalds, puppy dogs and more – and NBC added a new one to the list September 19: Hershey’s chocolate.

     The “Today”…

Jeff Poor | September 18, 2008

     Leave it to ABC to air extreme examples of financial concern to cast doubt on optimism amid troubling financial news.

      While conservative economists have criticized the trend of government bailouts for troubled financial…

Jeff Poor | September 18, 2008

     Like a steamroller, MSNBC host Chris Matthews ran over Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., in an interview about Sen. John McCain, the GOP and the nation’s economic problems.

 

     The “…

Dan Gainor | September 18, 2008

     So much for the media hype about Arctic ice disappearing this summer.

 

     Less than three months ago, NBC’s Anne Thompson was warning ominously of ice loss. “But this summer, some…

Julia A. Seymour | September 17, 2008

     When Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin claimed she defeated the infamous Alaskan “Bridge to Nowhere” earmark, the Democratic nominees and network, cable and print journalists rushed to “fact check” her statement.

BMI Staff | September 17, 2008
Networks Help Obama Bridge Gap on Earmarks Pork. Its whats for dinner for many politicians. When Gov. Sarah Palin started touting a record…
Jeff Poor | September 17, 2008

     The federal government’s intervention and prevention of the collapse of American International Group (AIG) represents an acceptance of Marxist philosophies, according to some CNBC analysts.

     “They never made the real calls,…

Jeff Poor | September 17, 2008

     Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, Ariz., has acknowledged his technological shortcomings, but some in the media continue to portray him as a techno-phobe with no meaningful contributions to that sector of…

Dan Gainor | September 17, 2008

     Bailout. It’s all you hear any more. The government helps J.P. Morgan Chase bail out Bear Stearns. After years of mismanagement, the government bails out home mortgage titans Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Then there’s talk of a bailout of…

Jeff Poor | September 16, 2008

     After Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection and Bank of America absorbed Merrill Lynch September 15, the knee-jerk reaction has been to call for more government regulation. But, according to CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo, regulation is…

Jeff Poor | September 16, 2008

     Is Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain’s campaign strategy “demeaning to women?” Yes, according to CBS’s Bob Schieffer, because the McCain camp is selective about when and where GOP vice-presidential nominee…

Jeff Poor | September 15, 2008

     It may not seem like a U.S. banking crisis could produce many winners, but it has according to CNBC.

    Washington correspondent John Harwood appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” September 15 – the day Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) failed…

Jeff Poor | September 12, 2008

     You should give credit where credit is due and to NBC’s credit, they did just that.

     The September 11 broadcast of “NBC Nightly News” featured retired billionaire Eli Broad – covering a positive side of businessmen. Broad is…

Jeff Poor | September 11, 2008

     The fragility of the U.S. banking system puts the country in a more dire position than many people realize according to CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer.

 

    Cramer, in his September 11…

Jeff Poor | September 11, 2008

     Call this a case of sex, drugs and crude oil.

     It was recently reported that federal investigators discovered an Interior Department group overseeing the collection of oil and natural gas royalties allegedly had sex with…

Jeff Poor | September 11, 2008

     Perhaps the network did it for old times’ sake. The September 10 “CBS Evening News” decided to recycle the media’s attack on bottled water.

 

     Having already attacked bottled…