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When Media Aren't Ignoring Controversial Evolution Movie, Expelled, Th
New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times discussed Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth at least three dozen times before the documentary was released. Ben Stein's Expelled? Two mentions.
Media Myth: Nine Worst Business Stories
Some of the toughest obstacles American businesses face come not from other companies or the economy, but from the media – journalists exaggerating an issue to make a story sexier or anti-business groups influencing the media to advance their agenda. Four of the stories on the following list started with a press release or report from an environmentalist group, labor union or “consumer group…
'World News' Reports Only Opposition to Airline Merger
ABC excludes several key senators' support for Delta/Northwest merger in report about government hurdles.
CBS Embraces Left-Wing Talking Points When Following Taxpayers' Money
'Evening News' commemorates Tax Day 2008 de-emphasizing entitlements, calling some spending of taxpayer money 'relative bargains.'
ElectionWatch: NBC on McCain's Proposed Tax Cuts: It 'Doesn't Add Up
'Nightly News' finds everything wrong with the presumptive GOP nominee's economic plan and nothing right.
Vieira Asks Another Airline CEO for Impossible 'Guarantee
'Today' co-host asks for a guarantee Delta Air Lines would not raise fares or reduce services in wake of airline merger.
ElectionWatch: Krugman Recycles Story His Own Paper Debunked; Then Apo
Liberal columnist repeated a disproved Clinton talking point to promote the need for socialized medicine five days after his own newspaper disproved it.
Networks Report Zero Upside to Delta/Northwest Merger
Evening news shows ignore positives of industry consolidation for consumers and improvements in long-term stability of the industry.
CNN Shows a Better Way to Handle Potential Foreclosure
'Issue #1' segment a sharp contrast to April 3 'World News' report on how to cheat on your mortgage.
Former CBS Anchor Blames Deregulation for Deterioration of TV News
Roger Mudd claims TV has become too dependent on pictures and has very little optimism for the future of TV news.
Ethanol Being Blamed for Global Food Riots
New York Times columnist praised by Pulitzer board for 'clarity of vision' didn't foresee global food shortages that resulted from the realities of his vision.
NY Times Praises Soros as 'Prophet
Profile downplays far-left philosophies and praises his unreliable predictions of economic turmoil.
Wash. Post Editor Says He Can't See a Time When There Won't Be a Print
Sixteen-year veteran editor Leonard Downie admits he is concerned about the future for mid-size market papers.