Business

Herman Cain | January 18, 2006
     There are few guarantees in this life. The most widely recognized are death and taxes, but its also guaranteed that government isnt as concerned about your well-being as you are. Liberals claim to…
Ken Shepherd | January 18, 2006
     Start with a report on an SEC rule change, add a splash of outrage over high corporate salaries, mix in a liberal activist whos donated thousands to liberal candidates for public office, and you…
Amy Menefee | January 18, 2006
     Unlike the government, business leaders have the leeway to make tough choices about their expenditures and the financial health of their companies. Thats important as the government-backed Pension Benefit…
Ken Shepherd | January 17, 2006
     Media coverage of problems facing the new Medicare prescription drug plan focused on elderly patients left in the lurch by bureaucracy, producing what CBSs Bill Plante called a political headache for…
Ken Shepherd | January 16, 2006
     Wholesale price inflation in 2005 was the worst in 15 years, warned Associated Press reporter Martin Crutsinger in two reports on the year-ending producer price index (PPI) numbers released January 13…
Ken Shepherd | January 13, 2006
     The media fell silent about the motivations of supporters of a newly passed Maryland law targeting Wal-Mart. USA Today failed to document Wal-Mart Watchs union and anti-business ties and The New York Times…
Ken Shepherd | January 13, 2006
     It may be January, but it seems its never too cold for the media to re-heat hype on global warming. ABC and The Washington Post did just that in their reports on one study in the science journal Nature…
Ken Shepherd | January 12, 2006
     The Red Chinese are coming, the Red Chinese are coming, seems to be the cry from Lou Dobbs about the advent of two Chinese car companies, Chery and Geely, which may grace American showrooms…
BMI Staff | January 11, 2006

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Gary Wolfram, Ph.D. | January 11, 2006
     The recent economic expansion in the United States bolstered by news of 2 million jobs created in 2005 and an unemployment rate below 5 percent is in large part due to the 2003 tax reduction…
Amy Menefee | January 11, 2006
     Despite the fact that mining fatalities in the United States have dropped while production has increased, the news media have indicted an entire industry and the Sago mine in…
Ken Shepherd | January 10, 2006
     With rumored 2008 presidential hopeful Mark Warners term of office drawing to an end, The Washington Posts Michael D. Shear recently chalked up Virginias steady economic performance…
Ken Shepherd | January 9, 2006
     An on-screen caption during the segment reported the actual average to be 13.4 percent, according to Bankrate.com. The same Web site accessed at time of publication showed the average rate…
Ken Shepherd | January 6, 2006
     Getting an accurate portrayal of the 2005 Christmas shopping season is like gathering information on that new Italian restaurant youve heard about but want to try out for yourself. You want to get a wide…
R. Warren Anderson | January 5, 2006
     BioWillie. Its not a genetically modified country singer; its a new alternative fuel. And as the media have reported on Willie Nelsons crop-based energy business venture, some journalists have…
Ken Shepherd | January 5, 2006
     Closing his story with a warning from an unnamed former miner that new safety laws are often written in blood, NBCs Martin Savidge presented viewers of the January 4 Nightly News broadcast with a…
BMI Staff | January 4, 2006

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Dan Gainor | January 4, 2006
     There was a time when we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Those were the days. Now the home of the brave is anything but and Americans find ourselves in a constant state of fear.      We…
Ken Shepherd | January 4, 2006

Maybe Serwer Needs Another Cup of Joe CNN reporter flubs statistic on coal, despite correct graphic on-screen

Ken Shepherd | January 4, 2006
     CBS anchor Bob Schieffer used vehement coal industry critic Jeff Goodell as an unbiased expert on the coal industry in an in-studio interview on the January 3 Evening News. The very next day,…