CBS’s Trish Regan, post-State of the
Union coverage on Jan. 31, 2006.
Shortly after President Bush’s 2006 State of the Union Address,
CBS correspondent Trish Regan featured two senior citizens
opposed to health savings accounts (HSAs). Regan offered no
supporters, nor corrected one man’s erroneous comparison linking
HSAs to Social Security privatization.
On NBC Nightly
News, July 6, 2005, Kelly O’Donnell admitted U.S. donations
were the highest, but stressed criticism of those numbers.
Kelly O'Donnell on
NBC Nightly News
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Aid to AfricaÂ
(July 14, 2005)
William Cohen and
John King on Wolf Blitzer Reports discuss the importance
of "Aid to Africa."
William Cohen and
John King on Wolf Blitzer Reports
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Fannie Mae Scandal? (April 4, 2005)
TV news ignores $11 billion in accounting errors and $20 billion in
stock losses at mortgage giant. Wall St. Journal, Washington Post
show networks depth of scandal.
Charles Gasparino of Newsweek
magazine explains that Fannie Mae is too "politically correct"
for TV journalists to criticize.