Business

L. Brent Bozell III | February 22, 2008

Since 1991, the Dove Foundation has been encouraging American movie studios to make uplifting, positive entertainment with its Family Approved Seal. This year, they've launched a new initiative, an annual awards presentation akin to the Academy…

Jeff Poor | February 21, 2008

     Don’t expect the media to connect the dots between inflation, higher food prices and government mandated increases in the use of biofuels. ABC didn’t.

 

     “World News with Charles…

Nathan Burchfiel | February 21, 2008

     The hosts and crew of NBC’s “Today” show were in Vermont February 21 on the first leg of their “winter vacation” that concludes February 22 in Miami. The trips call into question how dedicated “Today” really is to “going green.”

Jeff Poor | February 20, 2008

      Hillary Clinton’s presidential effort isn’t getting much love from MSNBC contributors these days.

 

     Just a week and a half after MSNBC’s David Shuster made the remark, “it…

Nathan Burchfiel | February 20, 2008

     The financial sector must “burn, baby, burn” to teach financial professionals a lesson about priorities and motives, according to a reporter-turned-columnist for The Washington Post.

     Steven Pearlstein, a one-time reporter for…

BMI Staff | February 20, 2008
ElectionWatch: Networks Downplay Earmarks, Despite Millions Spent by Clinton and Obama Oink, oink. Did you know that Congress used earmarks to spend $18.3 billion…
Julia A. Seymour | February 20, 2008

     No one could ever accuse the federal government of efficiently spending taxpayer dollars.

 

     So when a new study was released February 13 showing how much the Congress had…

Amy Menefee | February 20, 2008

     You know the presidential race is in full rhetorical swing when candidates are rallying people against a dangerous enemy of America. It’s time to play on the most basic of voters’ instincts: fear and hate.

     The enemy in…

Jeff Poor | February 20, 2008

     Remember the resentment the media showed toward oil companies when they announced record profits?

 

      When gas prices were hitting their highs back in 2007, there were…

Jeff Poor | February 20, 2008

     It may be the end of an era for Fidel Castro, but his brother is no sweetheart either.

 

     Unless you’re some sort of Cuban sycophant, like Michael Moore who spent time praising…

Jeff Poor | February 19, 2008

     Government actively involved in matters of trade is the path to prosperity in the eyes of CNN’s Lou Dobbs.  And when government bureaucrats fail to act in a way Dobbs sees fit, he pitches a fit.

 

Dan Gainor | February 18, 2008

     Pity the business that gets caught in a media feeding frenzy. The latest example is gun sellers, following another school shooting.

 

     CNN’s Veronica De La Cruz turned a negative…

Jeff Poor | February 15, 2008

     Former NBA all-star, now an NBA announcer for TNT, Charles Barkley has a unique take on conservatives and Republicans. He questions their faith.

     Barkley appeared on CNN’s February 15 “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” not…

Jeff Poor | February 15, 2008

     Sometimes the media lose sight of the fact that businesses exist to make money and have to protect the bottom line.

 

     Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA), is…

Nathan Burchfiel | February 15, 2008

     Apparently disappointed by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s refusal to predict a recession for the U.S. economy, newspapers instead turned to Bernanke’s predecessor Alan Greenspan, who was more than happy to offer some pessimism.…

Jeff Poor | February 14, 2008

     The former secretary of the Department of Agriculture, now chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), Dan Glickman showed just because you change jobs, leaving behind ideals doesn’t happen.

     Glickman,…

Jeff Poor | February 14, 2008

     You think the American media have been brutal about casting our economy in a negative light? They have nothing on the international media.

     A February 13 Reuters report suggested the U.S. government may have to go on an…

Jeff Poor | February 14, 2008

     Recession hasn’t been officially determined, but that didn’t matter to CNN’s Senior Business correspondent on "American Morning."

     Velshi offered viewers a preview of an appearance by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and…

Brian Fitzpatrick | February 14, 2008

After Hillary Clinton lost the January 3 Iowa caucuses, she  made “improving likeability” a central campaign strategy, as U.S. News…

Jeff Poor | February 13, 2008

     At age 73 and just over four years of being out of politics, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has a unique perspective on both the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama presidential candidacies.