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More Media Go Drilling for Viewers
CBS, ABC launch new features on gas prices. Reporter Axelrod shows hes going the wrong way.
AARP vs. the Free Market on Drug Prices
Ignoring the simple rule of demand in determining prices, news reports chide drug companies for not pegging their prices to inflations rise.
"Embarrassing" Iraqi constitution coverage from the AP
While all indications are that the negotiating parties are coming closer to agreement on a constitution that will create a democratic country, the Iraqis missed a self-imposed deadline at midnight last night. There are many different possible ways to approach this story. The AP's Anne Gearan has chosen to use the occasion for a news analysis piece (masquerading as straight news) criticizing…
Going the Wrong Way on Gas Prices
Jim Axelrod of CBS “Evening News” provided the perfect metaphor for media coverage of gas prices last night. Axelrod just started traveling from New York to San Francisco as part of a new “Cross-Country Price Patrol,” On the first leg of his journey, he showed that he didn’t know where he was going with the story. Talking while he was driving, Axelrod said the following: “We know what kind of…