Business Articles

Networks Do a Poor Job with Unemployment Coverage

1/18/2006 3:00 PM ET
Labor coverage evokes a depression, but its more depressing than reality.

Whos Worth More?

1/18/2006 3:00 PM ET
Do CEOs earn their money as honestly as Hollywood actresses?

Own Your Own Retirement

1/18/2006 3:00 PM ET
As demands on retirement plans increase, American workers will benefit from market-based accounts they control.

Nightly News Features Critic, But No Defenders of Corporate Pay

1/18/2006 3:00 PM ET
NBCs Thompson ignores critics political leanings and theory of economic rent

Pension Promises: the Death of the American Dream?

1/18/2006 3:00 PM ET
As companies face the reality of their financial obligations, a new day of personal responsibility is dawning for the little old schmo and the media are worried.

Media Portray Drug Plan as Boondoggle

1/17/2006 3:00 PM ET
But reporters still ignore free market advocates who predicted it.

AP Reporter Hypes Wholesale Inflation

1/16/2006 3:00 PM ET
Story misses the good news: despite 2005s oil price spike, core inflation hasnt soared.

Media Downplay Ideology of Wal-Mart Foes

1/13/2006 3:00 PM ET
Papers ignore ties to union groups and socialized medicine advocates.

Media Jump On Study Showing Frogs Dying Off From Climate Change

1/13/2006 3:00 PM ET
But critics who say they croaked from other causes are ignored.

Lou Dobbs Plays Paul Revere over Chinese Cars

1/12/2006 3:00 PM ET
CNNs always-alarmist anchor warns of another Yugo coming by sea.

Media Quick to Blame Industry for Mining Tragedy

1/11/2006 3:00 PM ET
Targeting business leaders and the administration, journalists jump ahead of investigation, turn to union officials for pro-regulation input.

Econ 101: How do Tax Cuts Work?

1/11/2006 3:00 PM ET
Despite the medias portrayal, tax cuts for the rich arent bad and they boost the economy.

Post Downplayed Tax Dissent in Mark Warner Article

1/10/2006 3:00 PM ET
Same reporter dropped opposing views found in previous reporting

In the Money Crew Rams Viewers Like a Bus With anti-Banking Bias

1/9/2006 3:00 PM ET
Co-hosts Cafferty and Serwer decry average interest rates as usury.

NY Times and AP Portray Shopping Season As So-So At Best

1/6/2006 3:00 PM ET
Washington Post and IBD report strong shopping data which other papers leave out

On the Inefficient Road Again

1/5/2006 3:00 PM ET
CNN, NBC talk up Willie Nelsons new biofuel, missing the pitfalls.

NBC Savidges the Mining Industry

1/5/2006 3:00 PM ET
Nightly News Reporter makes one-sided call for more mine regulation

Media Mantra: Unhappy Holidays

1/4/2006 3:00 PM ET

Maybe Serwer Needs Another Cup of Joe

1/4/2006 3:00 PM ET
CNN reporter flubs statistic on coal, despite correct graphic on-screen

CBS Passes Off Coal Critic as Dispassionate Expert

1/4/2006 3:00 PM ET
Schieffers guest Jeff Goodell frequently blasts coal companies

Media Mantra: Unhappy Holidays

1/4/2006 3:00 PM ET
Pessimism about holiday sales went right through Christmas this year.

Fear and Loathing in Business News

1/4/2006 3:00 PM ET
Journalism should not be a man-made disaster.

NBC Glosses over Strong 2005 Job Growth

1/3/2006 3:00 PM ET
CNNs Serwer and Foxs Goler report latest jobs report in depth

CBS Conjures Recession Specter in New Years Newscast

1/3/2006 3:00 PM ET
Wall Street Journal and Reuters note economists consensus on continued growth.

U.S. vs. Oil Refiners: Are Profits Justified?

1/1/2006 8:00 PM ET
Washington Post pits motorists against profit-guzzler oil companies.

Times Claims Climate of Secrecy Adds to Medical Costs

1/1/2006 8:00 PM ET
Collusion between doctors and manufacturers blamed, but paper leaves out standard realities of the marketplace.

The Picture of Hype

1/1/2006 8:00 PM ET
Networks show exaggerated video of highest gas prices, hyping daily increases but glossing over the recent steady decline.

High Tide In Mississippi

1/1/2006 8:00 PM ET
Media hype trial lawyers crusade to create new Katrina victims insurance companies.