Oil & Gas Prices
CBS Evening News Takes Seriously Conspiracy About Bush Manipulating Ga
October 16th, 2006 8:45 PM
Although a Monday CBS Evening News story included a soundbite from an expert dismissing the idea as “preposterous,” the newscast treated a far-left conspiracy theory -- about how the Bush administration is somehow manipulating the pump price for gas to help in the election -- as credible and worthy enough to deserve a broadcast network story. Citing how the price of a gallon of gas has fallen to…
OPEC May Cut Back Production. Don't Hold Your Breath for Democrat-OPEC
October 5th, 2006 12:34 PM
It appears that OPEC member states are worrying about the slumping price of oil. Venezuela and Nigeria have already cut back on production a bit but there's talk of an emergency meeting soon.But so far, not a peep from the broadcast media. See my article at BusinessandMedia.org.And don't hold your breath for CNN's Jack Cafferty to see a Democratic conspiracy to hike oil prices in time for the…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 23 to
September 29th, 2006 4:26 PM
As part of Newsbusters’ thorough coverage of the Bill Clinton/Chris Wallace interview, the MRC’s Tim Graham noted that the shock should not have been over Wallace’s questions, but rather the softballs provided by "mainstream" journalists such as Tim Russert. The NBC host asked Clinton brief and not exactly hard hitting queries, including "what do you think is the biggest problem" in the world…
CBS, NBC Downplay Good Economic News by Raising Specters of Hurricanes
September 27th, 2006 11:26 AM
CNN: Are Falling Gas Prices a Dark Conspiracy Between Big Oil and GOP
September 25th, 2006 3:17 PM
For the third time in less then a month, CNN has aired a report investigating the connection between falling gas prices and the GOP’s fortunes in the looming fall election. This time, "American Morning" reporter Ali Velshi looked into the conspiracy theory that oil companies are trying to help Republicans by dropping prices. Co-Anchor Soledad O’Brien teased the report this way: Soledad O'Brien: "…
