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BMI Staff | August 8, 2007
Networks Use Bridge Tragedy to Build Support for Higher Taxes…
Jeff Poor | August 8, 2007

     With six miners trapped in a collapsed mine as of August 8, ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” used the crisis to take a few pot shots at the coal industry – all in the name of global warming.

 

Dan Gainor | August 8, 2007

     There used to be a delay between tragedy and people trying to capitalize on it.

     Used to be.

     But as terrifying and horrible as the I-35W bridge collapse is, it’s quickly become political leverage as tax-and-spend…

Jeff Poor | August 7, 2007

      Even something as natural as breastfeeding gets used by the media to attack business.

 

     The New York Public Hospital System has stopped offering samples of baby formula as…

Jeff Poor | August 7, 2007

     Point fingers first. Ask questions later – if you’re the “CBS Evening News.”

 

     As six miners remained trapped in a Utah coal mine on August 6, CBS attacked the safety of “retreat…

Jeff Poor | August 3, 2007

     You give an inch and they want a mile.

 

      Maybe that’s what the people at Icelandic Water Holdings are thinking now. The company based near Reykjavik, Iceland claims to be…

Jeff Poor | August 3, 2007

     The words “lucrative tax break” or “loophole” conjure up thoughts of dishonesty or underhandedness regarding the tax code. Perhaps that is what the Washington Post intended to do in its August 3 story.

 

Jeff Poor | August 2, 2007

     NBC continued to use the decline in the housing market as a scapegoat for any less-than-positive economic news  – whether it be a drop in the stock market, changes in currency exchange rates or the reduction in sales…

Jeff Poor | August 1, 2007

     Whenever the "NBC Nightly News” adorns the green NBC signature peacock in the bottom corner of a news report – viewer beware. It means a global warming story is coming.

 

     “…

Jeff Poor | August 1, 2007

     For a business reporter, you would think CNN’s Ali Velshi would have a grasp of market trends – especially with oil and gasoline prices.

 

     However, on “American Morning,” a show…

BMI Staff | August 1, 2007
Media Manic About Wage Increase The 70-cent minimum wage increase took effect on July 24 and the…
Julia A. Seymour | August 1, 2007

     The federal minimum wage went up on by 70 cents July 24, to the delight of liberal politicians and many journalists.

 

     CNN’s Ali Velshi greeted the change calling it “unmitigated…

Dan Gainor | August 1, 2007

     The scene is reminiscent of “Casey at the Bat.” It’s the ninth inning, two out and two strikes against the batter.

     Still, somehow, Rupert Murdoch smacks the ball out of the park with one crack of the bat. Murdoch’s months-…

Jeff Poor | July 31, 2007

     Gasoline prices have fallen again and you might figure this would be greeted with accolades – but that’s seldom the case on the CBS “Evening News.”

 

     “News that gasoline prices…

Jeff Poor | July 30, 2007

     Is the media pushing the “credit crunch” as a catalyst for the recent decline in the stock market?

 

     It seems the media know why the stock market is down. Some journalists are…

Jeff Poor | July 30, 2007

     Bottled water has been attacked recently for environmental damage, but now Aquafina’s bottler, PepsiCo is under fire for not previously disclosing the source of its water.

 

     “Don…

Jeff Poor | July 27, 2007

     Michael Moore is attempting to circumvent the free market system of health care by urging people to threaten health care professionals and insurance companies.

 

     In a July 26…

Jeff Poor | July 27, 2007

     A few bad apples ruin the whole apple grove. That’s the premise the media are operating from these days.

 

     But an alignment of the stars with scandals in the three major American…

Jeff Poor | July 27, 2007

     Don’t cash in your stocks just yet.

 

     While “NBC Nightly News” and “CBS Evening News” presented a bleak outlook for viewers on July 26, some experts were less worried. It’s…

Jeff Poor | July 26, 2007

     Having trouble losing weight? According to several news outlets, the trouble may be your friends.

 

     “Keep your heavier friends close, but your thinner enemies closer,” said CBS…