Julia A. Seymour

Assistant Managing Editor for MRC Business
Author Articles

Media Side with Anti-Coal Environmentalists Despite Urgent Power Needs

4/30/2008 1:59 PM ET
Reports on the industry assume coal is bad because of CO2 emissions and rely heavily on left-wing eco groups.

RFK Jr.: Quitting Carbon Use Like 'Abolishing' Slavery

4/23/2008 2:33 PM ET
Environmentalist's 'manifesto' in Vanity Fair issues call to 'decarbonize' entirely.

ElectionWatch: Clinton's Rate Foreclosure Freeze Could Cause 'Chaos'

3/12/2008 4:10 PM ET
Media gloss over details and effects of liberal candidates' proposed mortgage bailouts.

Global Warming Censored

3/3/2008 6:32 PM ET
How the Major Networks Silence the Debate on Climate Change

Global Warming Censored: Executive Summary

3/3/2008 6:27 PM ET
How the Major Networks Silence the Debate on Climate Change

Time Touts Shopping for 'Green Cool'

2/29/2008 11:19 AM ET
'Joe's Green' list of products would cost more than $500.

ElectionWatch: Networks Downplay Earmarks, Despite Millions Spent by Clinton and Obama

2/20/2008 1:56 PM ET
Print outlets and CNN report findings from budget watchdog, but study completely ignored by CBS.

This Christmas -- the Gift of Balanced Reporting

12/19/2007 3:16 PM ET
Sometimes the media get the story right. BMI highlights the 'good' news from 2007.

Ed Begley Jr. Claims 'Green' Decisions Save Money

12/13/2007 2:53 PM ET
At Hollywood conference, actor and activist makes a case for green choices and the bottom line.

CNN Talks to Homeowner Ignorant about His Loan: Is Rate Freeze 'Unfair'?

12/7/2007 3:24 PM ET
'American Morning' anchor interviews homeowner facing foreclosure who won't be 'helped.'

The Medias Top 10 Economic Myths of 2007: Executive Summary

12/6/2007 6:50 PM ET
Compiled by the Business & Media Institute

Fixing Overheated Housing Market with Half-Baked Bailout Plan

12/5/2007 5:18 PM ET
Networks promote government bailout, downplay 80-percent home price gains and overlook consequences of dismissing mortgages' risk.

NBC Misleads about Housing Problems

11/28/2007 5:22 PM ET
Network claims 'All 20 Cities' in Decline, but CNN shows 'almost 5 percent' gains in Seattle and Charlotte.

CNN 'Fit Nation' Force Feeds Big Helping of Government

11/16/2007 11:42 AM ET
Dr. Sanjay Gupta promotes Los Angeles 'health' zoning that would prohibit new fast-food restaurants.

Oil CEO Gets Death Threat for High Gas Prices

11/15/2007 12:21 PM ET
CNN downplays danger, still criticizes Shell's John Hofmeister about 'profit reports.'

DEBT: Executive Summary

11/8/2007 6:11 PM ET
Who$ responsible? Networks blame business, not borrowers, for Americas spendthrift ways

A Ho-Hum Christmas Already?

11/7/2007 2:29 PM ET
Annual worries over 'weak' holiday spending hit the airwaves when it's barely November.

Football Goes Black to Hype NBC's 'Green Week'

11/2/2007 4:08 PM ET
Other programming with include green soap opera wedding, lame cheerleading, eco-karaoke and Al Gore.

'Going Green' Puts Business in the Red

10/31/2007 1:49 PM ET
Media praise businesses for eco-attitudes, but overlook hefty cost.

Are You Afraid of the News?

10/24/2007 12:37 PM ET
Media treat viewers to terrifying stories about economic crisis, planetary 'peril' and bacterial 'monsters' and it's not even Halloween yet.