Business

Ken Shepherd | April 21, 2006
     If a powerful New York union had gone on strike this morning, CNNs Andy Serwer might have had a tougher time getting to work. Hed have had to open the front door himself…
Ken Shepherd | April 20, 2006
     Ten days after hinting the Earth could end up roasting at a toasty 900 degrees Fahrenheit like the planet Venus, The Washington Post reported on a new study which finds that the more extreme estimates…
Ken Shepherd | April 20, 2006
     But sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut. All three broadcast networks found time in the April 19 evening newscasts to nibble on the new numbers released by the federal government…
BMI Staff | April 19, 2006
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Dan Gainor | April 19, 2006
     I paid too much for gasoline last week. My fill-up of premium gas cost me $3.04 per gallon or $42.40 just to replenish the near-empty tank. Premium? Heck, we might as well change the name to…
Ken Shepherd | April 19, 2006
     Were Eating More, and Enjoying It Less, blared the headline for Candy Sagons Food section article in the April 19 Washington Post. Is it any wonder why with the medias persistent attacks on…
Amy Menefee | April 19, 2006
     From the moment Angela Lansbury (yes, Angela Lansbury) opened the film singing, Someone has wounded you, dear world Someone has poisoned you, dear world it was clear that the culprits in this…
R. Warren Anderson | April 19, 2006
     After the discovery of oil in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, it didnt take long for environmentalists to cry gloom and doom and for the media to hype those claims. From caribou dying to earthquakes to all hell…
Ken Shepherd | April 18, 2006
     If you want free advertising for your top-dollar vacation resort, find a way to go green and book a room for a reporter from Time magazine.      On the heels of Vanity Fairs Green…
Ken Shepherd | April 18, 2006
     Sounding like a broken record, the evening newscasts for ABC, CBS, and NBC complained of record oil prices. But adjusted for inflation, oil prices are still $14 below the record high set at the…
Dan Gainor | April 14, 2006
     ABC continued its assault on the oil industry, but this time it let someone else do some of its dirty work. The network gave its First Person account of oil troubles the last word criticizing oil…
Ken Shepherd | April 14, 2006
     According to The Washington Post, wealthy newcomers are forcing the middle class out of Jackson, Wyo. But the paper downplayed one of the biggest reasons for the exodus…
Ken Shepherd | April 13, 2006
     A can of shaving cream for less than a dollar or a garden rake for $3.88 is a great deal for the average consumer; to The Washington Post, its just more evidence of how oppressive…
Ken Shepherd | April 13, 2006
     The medias concerted push on climate change continues with Vanity Fairs first ever Green Issue.      The special editions release in mid-April is hardly accidental, with Earth Day coming up…
Amy Menefee | April 12, 2006

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When is a dollar a taxpayer dollar?      A. When it’s paying for stem cell research.      B. When it’s going to the military in Iraq.      C. When it’s supporting public education.      D. When it’s aiding sick…

Amy Menefee | April 12, 2006

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Tax dollars are all the same to the taxpayers who part with them. But the broadcast media have different standards for different dollars. Often, government programs that fit a liberal agenda get the more benign label of “…

BMI Staff | April 12, 2006
Taxation with Misrepresentation A tax dollar by any other name spends as sweetly, but the networks dont always call attention to the fact that Joe…
Ken Shepherd | April 12, 2006
     While ABC and NBC presented viewers with many of the reasons for the rising cost of gasoline, CBS ignored the link between Irans push for nuclear power and rising oil prices. Instead, the network…
Ken Shepherd | April 11, 2006
     Once again Wal-Mart is under attack by interest groups hoping to use government to gum up its business operations. And once again, the media are focusing on the stores critics while downplaying the…