Business Issues

2006

February 10 - USA Today Insists Mine Safety Fines Aren’t High Enough

February 8 - The Nuclear Option

January 31 - Media Emphasize Exxon Profit, Restart Focus on Windfall Taxes

January 30 - CNN Plugs Study Showing Partisan Divide Causes Confusion about Economy

January 26 - ABC’s Lisa Stark Goes After Oil Profits

January 25 - ‘In Depth’ Report on Detroit’s Woes Skirts Heavy Union Costs

January 25 -- BusinessWeek on how outsourcing benefits the economy; Lou Dobbs takes erroneous outrage on the road; CNN on Hollywood stars vs. Wall Street execs.

January 24 - Newscasts Overlook Ford’s Costly Severance Programs

January 23 - CNN’s Dobbs Blames Free Trade, Non-Union Labor for Ford’s Woes

January 20 - Who’s Worth More?

January 18 - ‘Nightly News” Features Critic, But No Defenders of Corporate Pay

January 18 - Pension Promises: the Death of the American Dream?

January 18 -- NY Times on how realtors lock the doors of competition from banks and online brokers; Dobbs sees “Red” over Chinese cars in American showrooms; Reporters jump to conclusions on frog extinction from single study.

January 12 - Lou Dobbs Plays Paul Revere over Chinese Cars

January 11 - Post finds banks bending over backwards; Media ride Willie Nelson’s (biodiesel) bandwagon; CNN anchor vows to throw himself in front of a bus.

January 4 - CBS Passes Off Coal Critic as Dispassionate Expert

2005

December 23 - Networks Dump Coal on Wal-Mart’s Christmas

December 14 - The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005

December 9 - Papers Spin Scuffle over Study Data into Knockout for Merck Opponents

2004