Business

Ken Shepherd | December 6, 2005
     Storm began her interview by noting 215,000 new jobs were added to the economy in November and asked Dobbs, Is the economy strong? Whats the bottom line?      The CNN business anchor conceded…
Ken Shepherd | December 5, 2005
     Three days after airing stories on the strong U.S. economy, the network morning shows returned to pessimism. The December 5 morning shows…
Ken Shepherd | December 2, 2005
     Taking that cue, business reporter Andy Serwer promised it was bad news especially if youre an auto worker, noting that mornings edition of The Wall Street Journal reported Ford Motor Company planned on…
Ken Shepherd | December 1, 2005
     The economy is showing strong signs of life with good reports on economic growth, consumer confidence, and new housing sales hitting the news wires in late November. But CBS Evening News and ABCs…
| December 1, 2005
     Contrary to the medias pessimistic forecasts for the Christmas shopping season reported by the Business…
Dan Gainor | November 30, 2005
     Housing prices are going through the roof. After the dot-com bubble, we need to be extremely cautious with our money and steer clear of something risky like purchasing homes. We need to avoid having the…
Ken Shepherd | November 30, 2005
     Theres no denying Hurricane Katrina was easily the worst storm of a devastating hurricane season, but on the November 29 CBS Evening News reporter Jim Acosta couldnt help but exaggerate. Acosta…
| November 30, 2005
     Despite the fact that he has set aside most principles of journalistic balance, the National Television Academy is presenting CNN business anchor Lou Dobbs with its Lifetime Achievement Award…
Ken Shepherd | November 28, 2005
     Heaping up more one-sided coverage on the obesity issue, CNNs In the Money touted a star of the anti-food-industry Supersize Me on November 26.       Christine Romans opened the segment with New York…
Ken Shepherd | November 28, 2005
     Regular unleaded gasoline peaked in early September this year at $3.06 and has continued to fall, hitting just $2.15 per gallon. That would be news to CBSs Joie Chen, who misrepresented prices at the pump in a November 27 Evening…
BMI Staff | November 23, 2005

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Ken Shepherd | November 23, 2005
     Energy Drink Profits May Be Addictive, warns the subhead of the top story in the November 23 Business Day section of The New York Times. Staff writer Melanie Warners focused on critics of energy drinks who argued that…
| November 23, 2005
     There is a terrible, yet predictable, irony in the medias coverage of General Motors Corp.       Journalists have concentrated on the recent layoff announcements impact on unionized workers. What theyve…
Ken Shepherd | November 22, 2005
     In its fight against American business - which it depicted as waging a "war on the middle class" - CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" once again was out crusading for the left while cloaking the ideology of the…
Ken Shepherd | November 21, 2005
     Infusing humor into a liberal message about global warming, celebrities appearing on Sunday TBS special, Earth to America, took frequent digs at Bush administration policies. But as humorous as some of the appearances were, they…
Ken Shepherd | November 20, 2005
     The broadcast media have often paid short shrift to corporate philanthropic donations, preferring to focus on layoffs, downsizing, lawsuits, scandals, and other stories that portray American business…
| November 18, 2005
     This holiday season is a bittersweet one for the entire country. For most people, the theme for this Thanksgiving will certainly be strength in the face of adversity. America has weathered a season of…
| November 18, 2005
     In case you didnt know, Wal-Mart not only wants to take over the world, destroy communities and stick it to workers it wants to let you die in its parking lot.      Thats the picture of the…
Ken Shepherd | November 18, 2005
     I have an SUV, and I feel guilty about it, ABC reporter Bill Weir confessed to liberal activist Laurie David. Absolving him of his venial environmental sin, David counseled Weir on his penance, Next…
Ken Shepherd | November 18, 2005
     Andy Serwers economic reporting brings to mind the Saturday Night Live skits portraying Sean Connery as a contestant in Celebrity Jeopardy hes often providing answers that dont correspond with…