Paul Detrick

Author Articles

MSNBC Host Charges Airlines with Nickel-and-Diming Travelers

Tamron Hall reviews customer dissatisfaction, leaves out high cost of jet fuel.

MSNBC Host: Former NYSE Chief 'Poster Child' for 'Excess'

Brzezinski, Buchanan skeptical of Grasso pension; guests jump to defend.

MSNBC: Man Avoids 'Sky High Gas Prices' by Riding Horse

Report highlights equestrian alternative to vehicles but fails to address serious causes behind higher fuel costs.

Times Dubs FAA 'First-Rate Regulator' and 'Role Model'

Newspaper says that in other regions of the world the agency is looked up to.

Media Predictions on Unemployment and Jobs Off by Wide Margin

Economic indicators better than expected.

CBS Calls Fidel Castro 'Revolutionary Hero,' Touts Brother's Reforms as 'New Era'

'Early Show' reports changes in Cuba as milestone toward liberalization, but restricted Communist economy remains.

CBS Morning Show: Middle Class 'Facing Hunger'

'Early Show' uses jobless couple as representative of middle-class families.

Harry Smith Says Tax Refunds Are 'Too Much'

'The Early Show' host 'stunned' by average refunds while financial expert explains rebates and refunds and encourages financial responsibility.

CNN Business Reporter Links Rising Corn Costs to Ethanol

Ali Velshi says government mandated ethanol has led to increase in commodities prices and the cost of the food on your table.

NBC Puts Singulair Worries in Perspective While CBS Warns Viewers

'Early Show' warns of suicide risk for asthma/allergy drug; 'Today' stresses consumer caution.

Flight Cancellations Lead to Morning Show Contrast on Airlines

'American Morning' warns airlines might 'cut corners' on safety; 'Good Morning America' says the system is working properly.

Portfolio Magazine Slams Top Corporations as 'Toxic Ten'

Conde Nast's business mag goes after corporations for what it deems 'self-serving' and 'laughable' environmental efforts.

Rolling Stone Editor: 'Hillary Clinton Has Really Exhibited Some of the Things that Most Disgust Us about Politics'

Eric Bates tells MSNBC the Clinton campaign attacks on Obama are a 'veiled kind of racism' and says he favors Obama's campaign approach with new media.

AP: Group Praises China on Climate, Bashes U.S.

United States second worst in world according to left-wing environmentalist organization.

NBC Drives Recession Fears with R.V. Story

'Nightly News' warns that fewer 'mini-mansions on wheels' mean an economic breakdown is dead ahead.

Public Radio Judges 'Green' Products Guilty of 'Greenwashing'

NPR broadcast lays out sins committed by companies with eco-friendly products.

Shhhh! Bush Did Something That Worked

Media wrong about holiday travel woes; don't give president credit for flight corridor.

Less Regulated Approach to Kidney Transplant 'Troubling' and 'Radical' for Evening Broadcast

As the system now stands, individuals have little control over organ donations and transplants.

Morning Show Uses Thanksgiving Travel to Call High Gas Prices 'Highway Robbery'

CNN's 'American Morning' frames story on gas prices as if oil companies are stealing from consumers.

NPR's $100 Oil Series: Profits Will Be Used for New Exploration

Report explains how higher prices enable companies to invest in the future of energy.