Oil & Gas Prices
Tale of Two Titles: 'Today' Asks If There's Gouging, GMA Declares It E
April 25th, 2006 8:00 AM
Have a look at the two screen captures from this morning's shows. Same issue, different takes. Good Morning America is apparently sure that gas price gouging exists, and wants to stop it. 'Today' is agnostic, simply posing the question whether gouging is going on.But when you turn to the substance of the two segments, there was one consistency: neither show adduced any evidence of gouging. Not a…
Five Letter Word for MSM Bias: 'T-O-D-A-Y
April 24th, 2006 7:39 AM
When yet another gloomy segment on gas prices and the pessimistic prospects for the GOP finally drew to an end on this morning's Today show, you might have thought that a fluffy piece on crosswords and how mental games help keep aging minds sharp would have offered a respite from liberal media bias. Think again.Hollywood-handsome NBC reporter Peter Alexander somehow managed to work into his…
More Incompetent Hype Over “Record” Oil Prices, ABC Pushes “Wind
April 22nd, 2006 7:38 PM
As they did all week, on Friday night the three broadcast network evening newscasts again hyperventilated over the “record” high price for a barrel of oil, though adjusted for inflation, the only competent way to measure any price over time, current $75 per barrel oil is $12 short of the real record high set in January of 1981. ABC anchor Elizabeth Vargas falsely cited how “a week of…
CBS & NBC Air Silly Stories Playing to Jealousy Over Exxon Chief's Ret
April 14th, 2006 12:09 AM
CBS and ABC played to petty jealousies on Thursday night. Both aired silly stories which contrasted the large retirement package, earned by former ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Lee Raymond, with the average retiree income or the burden rising gas prices supposedly put on a typical family. CBS Evening News anchor Bob Schieffer announced: “The average American enters the golden years -- retirement…
