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 -
Own Your Own
Retirement
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 -
Media Quick to Blame Industry for Mining Tragedy
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 9 -
‘In the Money’ Crew Rams Viewers Like a Bus With anti-Banking Bias
January 4 -
CBS Passes Off Coal Critic as Dispassionate Expert
2005
December 29 -
Post Calls Left-Wing Organization a ‘Consumer Group’
December 23 -
Networks Dump Coal on Wal-Mart’s Christmas
December 14 -
Herman Cain: A Whale of a Tale
December 14 -
The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005
December 9 -
‘Syriana’: ‘Realism’ or a Left-Wing Assault on Oil?
December 9 -
Papers Spin Scuffle over Study Data into Knockout for Merck Opponents
December 8 -
Coverage of Wal-Mart Movies Lopsided
December 7 -
SpongeBob SquarePants Is the Next Joe Camel?
November 29 -
Business Week Highlights ‘50 Most Generous Philanthropists’
November 18 -
$4B Tax a ‘Hill of Beans’ to CNN’s Serwer
November 18 -
Amy Menefee: ‘Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price’
November 16 -
CNN’s Serwer Hopes Senate Has ‘Fortitude’ to Pass Oil Tax
November 14 -
CNN Barks up Wrong Tree on Oil Profits
November 10 -
Who’s Profiteering Now?
November 9 -
NPR goes free market?; If it’s economic news, it must be bad; Sheriff Dobbs in Sherwood Forest.
November 8 -
Anti-Wal-Mart Movie Presses Forward
November 8 -
Dobbs Takes Aim at Oil Companies
November 2 -
Fueling ‘Outrage’
November 1 -
Herman Cain: Punishing Profits
October 28 -
Media in a Frenzy over Oil Profits
October 27 -
‘Today’ Hits an Anti-Corporate ‘Gusher’
October 26 -
A regular story with a premium result; have a blue Christmas; and the ‘silly’ side of CNN
October 26 -
Dan Gainor: Attack on Avian Flu Drug Patent a Major Threat
October 24 -
CNN’s ‘In the Money’ Team Loves Jabs at Wal-Mart
October 20 -
CNN Calls Legal Reform ‘Silly’
October 12 -
Good guy lawyers; ‘60 Minutes’ goes off track on NASCAR; and the media overestimate job losses from Katrina.
October 11 -
Media Chip Away at Insurance’s Rock Solid Coverage
October 10 -
CBS Off Track With NASCAR Comments
October 7 -
Don’t Buy the Intolerance of Some Lactose Intolerants
October 6 -
Fannie Mae Scandal Grows and Networks Do Nothing
October 5 -
‘Compassion over Contracts’
October 5 -
A Fortune in business coverage and intelligent ways to cut poverty; predictable reactions to the childhood food pyramid; and misinterpreting a global warming study.
October 4 -
Times Joins the Anti-Corporate Bandwagon
September 28 -
Charles Simpson: High Tide In Mississippi
September 28 -
Climate change and dangerous looters in D.C.; doctors who dare to work with medical device companies; and more on those "evil" drug firms.
September 27 -
ABC Discovers a New Gateway Drug for Kids: Caffeine
September 26 -
U.S. vs. Oil Refiners: Are Profits ‘Justified’?
September 22 -
Times Claims ‘Climate of Secrecy’ Adds to Medical Costs
September 21 -
The New York Times shows businesses aren’t all bad; Lou Dobbs reminds viewers that it’s good to open a history book; and Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter spins statistics about poverty.
September 20 -
A Tough Pill to Swallow
September 14 -
A Flood of Incomplete Insurance Coverage
September 14 -
Gary Wolfram: Econ 101: The Price of Recovery
September 14 -
How businesses handle a disaster; how a network can use a disaster to make a political point; and, attacking a drug company for being responsible.
September 12 -
CBS Attacks Amgen for Not Distributing Drug
September 9 -
David Goodnow: The Media Spin: The Gatekeepers
September 7 -
A rare, fair view of Wal-Mart; more hype about global warming and hurricanes; and, of course, more bad gas reporting.
September 7 -
Herman Cain: The Business of Rebuilding
September 7 -
The Understatement of American Generosity
August 31 -
USA Today Downplays Its Own Explanation of Health Care Costs
August 29 -
One-Sided View of Housing Bubbles to Surface
August 24 -
Gary Wolfram: Econ 101: Are Housing Prices ‘Too High’?
August 24 -
Networks Send Plaintiff’s ‘Message’ to Drugmakers
August 23 -
AARP vs. the Free Market on Drug Prices
August 18 -
Obesity Battle Pops Up Again
August 11 -
Times Relies on Food Police for Comment on Healthier Products
August 10 -
CBS Delivers A Steady Diet Of One-Sided Coverage
August 9 -
Media Find Current TV Electrifying
August 2 -
Atkins Bankruptcy Stories on Low-Substance Diet
July 29 -
CBS Boosts Rocket Makers
July 26 -
NBC Weighs In Against Businesses
July 18 -
CBS dares to criticize business ethics of other companies
July 14 -
Food Police Crack Down on Soda
June 29 -
Animal Rights Group Lawsuit Milks Media Coverage
June 28 -
CBS Continues Coverage of Alleged Viagra Link to Blindness
June 23 -
ABC Reports: Breakfast is ‘Controversial’
June 20 -
Post Spins History to Attack Business
June 14 -
WSJ Attacks Exxon for Not Losing Money on New Energy Sources
June 10 -
Is Greenspan ‘Wary’ of Housing Problems?
June 9 -
Networks Not Lovin’ McDonald’s Efforts
May 31 -
Article Treats Wal-Mart Critics as ‘Labor Experts’
May 26 -
Bubble, Boom or Bust?
May 19 -
Payday at CBS: ’60 Minutes’ Cashes in on Another Business Attack
April 18 -
‘Super Size Me’ Star Continues Anti-Food Attack
April 13 -
CBS Plays the Victim Card and Takes It to the Bank
April 4 -
Government-Sponsored Enron: Billion-Dollar Scandal Not Ready for Prime Time
April 1 -
Networks Hound Burger King for Launching ‘Enormous’ Sandwich
March 30 -
CBS Evening News Wakes Up to Find Non-profit Gets Funding
March 9 -
’60 Minutes’ Describes Video Game as a Killer Application
March 9 -
Media Continue to Attack Drug Companies with Misinformation
March 1 -
Media Malpractice: Journalists Ignoring Tort Reform to Report One-Sided Stories Against Business
February 28 -
ABC Promotes Times Pact with Left-Wing Advocacy Group
February 4 -
Legal Analyst Undercuts Tort Reform Debate
January 24 -
Scott Hogenson: Left-Wing Activists and Corporate America
2004
September 23 -
Dan Gainor: ‘Patience, Hell, Let’s Sue Somebody’
August 20 -
Dan Gainor: Attack on Drug Industry Urges Even More Regulation
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