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Reporter Blames U.S. Business for Wal-Mart Trampling, a "Shopping Guernica"

The Times economics reporter on the trampling death at an early-morning Wal-Mart sale: "It was a tragedy, yet it did not feel like an accident. All those people were there, lined up in the cold ...

'Nightly News' Spins 'Black Friday' Increase as Bad

NBC downplays 7.2 percent hike in holiday sales; previously called sales on the day after Thanksgiving 'a giant barometer on the true state of the economy.'

NBC Bemoans Divorce Taking a Hit in Bad Economy

The Today show fails to suggest that couples forced to stay together for economic reasons should try to reconcile.

CBS Tastelessly Mixes Wal-Mart Tragedy with Shopping Story

Folding the trampled security guard into a story about giddy bargain hunters is disrespectful and crass.

Colbert Shreds Sunday School

Christmas is coming. Time to besmirch the holiday.

World Editor and King's College Provost Marvin Olasky Joins CMI Advisory Board

Veteran journalist, educator and author brings decades of experience to Culture and Media Institute's Board of Advisors.

The Toxic Tube Made Them Do It

Kids spend more time with media than they do anything else, except sleep. Why are we surprised it impacts their behavior?

Networks Gloss Over Geithner's Past, Ignore Criticism

Broadcast journalists pave way for Obama's Treasury Secretary by praising history, forgetting involvement in Lehman collapse.

Air America President Dismisses Deficit Spending as 'Rhetoric'

Liberal talk radio head Mark Green says balanced budgets only 'politically real.'