Business

Americans are overtaxed and under-informed.

Other networks report heavy demand, supply troubles in Iran as cause of rising price at the pump.

Newspapers and wire services focus on bankers in opposition, downplay union groups activism.

Reporter Uchitelle unsurprisingly finds negative spin to 211,000 new jobs in March 2006

Morning shows ignored higher consumer confidence, lower jobless claims as NBCs Today soft-pedaled a drop in unemployment.

Companies stayed afloat despite hurricane damages due to reinsurance, a practice the networks reporter criticized.

French protests show students ignorance about a consumer-driven economy.

Newspapers leave out critics who foresaw bigger government, socialized medicine.

Networks ignore socialist Chavezs power grab, but attacked Big Oil just for making profits.

Vargas calls use of legal tax break audacious; lawyer affiliated with Soros turns up as main source again.

BusinessWeek calms down rhetoric as real estate boom continues in first quarter, though media continue to worry about a housing bubble.