Business Articles

Dobbs Knocks Conservative, Business Groups on Wages

11/9/2006 2:09 PM ET
CNN anchor lectures opponents of a minimum wage increase.

Media: U.S. Should Throw Billions of Dollars at Global Warming

11/8/2006 1:52 PM ET
What will new Congress do? Though emissions-lowering programs have failed around the world, the media continue to embrace plans for more regulation that could crush the American economy.

Trans Fats: Public Health Enemy No. 1?

11/8/2006 12:38 PM ET
Media focus on trans fats is misleading and distracts from serious health threats.

Times Gives Coal Company Its Lumps

11/7/2006 4:32 PM ET
Energy firm criticized despite building lower-polluting plants that could cut energy costs.

Networks Downplay Strong Pre-election Jobs Report

11/6/2006 2:17 PM ET
Networks gave negative news full attention in previous election cycles.

'Today' Show Hypes Bus Injury Study, Giving Support to More Regulation

11/6/2006 1:51 PM ET
But reporter Tom Costello left out how studies show seat belts do more harm than good.

ABC Sacks Wal-Mart for Employee Lateness Policy

11/3/2006 2:17 PM ET
'Good Morning America' complains about 10-minute grace period, though repeated infractions are necessary to merit reprimand.

CBS's Couric Worries of Job Losses, Dow Slide

11/3/2006 12:24 PM ET
'Evening News' anchor forecasted clouds on economic horizon hours before government announced a 5-year low in unemployment.

With Minimum Wage on State Ballots, PBS Pushes Increases

11/3/2006 11:14 AM ET
'Now' features worker who makes more than minimum, leaves out facts about economic impact of proposed increases.

Strong Sales Figures from GM, Ford Go Unnoticed

11/2/2006 1:07 PM ET
ABC reports, but CBS and NBC ignore sales increases to discuss hormone treatments.

CBS Likens Softening Housing Market to Great Depression

11/2/2006 12:59 PM ET
But economists see a stable housing market gaining value in the coming year.

Then and Now, Media Sing Along to Dems' Election Song: 'No Tax Cuts'

11/1/2006 5:13 PM ET
The declining deficit has proven tax cuts don't cause a deficit rise. But the media can't hear that above the Democratic election chorus.

CNN Is All Wet When It Comes to Economy

11/1/2006 3:57 PM ET
Drip, drip, drip of economic coverage used to attack conservatives, business.

USA Today Pumps Up Inflation Fears, Downplays Strong Wage Growth

11/1/2006 2:55 PM ET
But even a liberal pundit quoted in cover story admits middle class better off now than years ago.

Networks Eat Up Food Police Message on Trans Fats

10/31/2006 2:08 PM ET
ABC, NBC highlight pro-regulation forces and compare obesity to tobacco.

PBS Gives a Hyped View of College Costs

10/30/2006 7:40 PM ET
'Nightly Business Report' segment ignored latest figures showing costs on decline.

CNN Keeps Fighting War on Economy

10/30/2006 3:35 PM ET
'In the Money' another example of how the network says America beaten.

Profiting Too Much?

10/27/2006 4:44 PM ET
'World News Tonight' reporter fusses over Exxon's third-quarter figures.

Days Before Halloween, NBC Treats Real Estate Like Dawn of the Dead

10/26/2006 2:03 PM ET
Reporter Carl Quintanilla followed NY Times lead in slamming housing market in a story on Home Depot's changing approach to retail.

CNN's War on the Economy

10/25/2006 4:42 PM ET
Leading up to election, network repeatedly tells viewers middle class slipping away, American dream 'impossible.'

Big Tobacco and the Supreme Court: Double Jeopardy, Civil-Style?

10/25/2006 3:49 PM ET
This Halloween, the Supreme Court will determine how much plaintiffs can scare up in punitive damages.

CNN's War on the Economy

10/25/2006 2:00 PM ET

NBC's 'Today' Raises 'Vast Right Wing Conspiracy' On Gas Prices

10/25/2006 11:36 AM ET
Reporter Quintanilla debunks substance of claim but insists the blog-fueled plot has oil industry, conservatives on defensive.

CBS's Couric Focuses on Troubles at Enron, Ford; Leaves Out Dow Record, Lower Gas Prices

10/24/2006 3:48 PM ET
Network's competitors at ABC, NBC reported both Ford losses and strong market close.

NBC's News Flash: Busy Holiday Travel Season Means Higher Airfares

10/24/2006 3:04 PM ET
'Today' features travelers who want what they want, when they want it, regardless of market price.

Newsweek Changes Media Climate 31 Years after Global Cooling Story

10/24/2006 2:34 PM ET
Magazine admits first article was 'wrong,' but still wasn't 'inaccurate' journalistically.

CBS's Couric All But Ignored Dow's Record 12,011 Close

10/24/2006 11:21 AM ET
'Evening News' anchor continues pattern of economic reporting BMI found in latest study

CNN Says End is Near for Middle Class

10/23/2006 1:16 PM ET
"In the Money" promo for liberal group reinforces middle-class extinction theories.