Business Articles

The Media Spin: Bring Out the Tea Leaves

8/24/2005 1:00 PM ET
Global warming is in fashion today, but veteran journalist David Goodnow remembers when we once feared another little ice age.

Econ 101: Are Housing Prices Too High?

8/24/2005 1:00 PM ET
Professor Gary Wolfram explains the economics behind pricing and the housing bubble.

Media Take a Bite Out of CAFE Guidelines

8/24/2005 1:00 PM ET
Government proposes new light truck, SUV fuel standards, but media highlight critics.

Networks Send Plaintiffs Message to Drugmakers

8/24/2005 1:00 PM ET
Media continue lopsided coverage of litigation in Vioxx verdict.

AARP vs. the Free Market on Drug Prices

8/23/2005 1:00 PM ET
Ignoring the simple rule of demand in determining prices, news reports chide drug companies for not pegging their prices to inflations rise.

More Media Go Drilling for Viewers

8/23/2005 1:00 PM ET
CBS, ABC launch new features on gas prices. Reporter Axelrod shows hes going the wrong way.

Trade Secrets

8/22/2005 7:44 PM ET
Lou Dobbs Tonight Hides Good News Behind Negative View of Free Market

Trade Secrets: Executive Summary

8/22/2005 7:36 PM ET
Lou Dobbs Tonight Hides Good News Behind Negative View of Free Market

Times Scares Readers with the Crisis Ahead

8/22/2005 1:00 PM ET
Magazine story describes a Mad Max future based one the work of one author.

Missing the Point on Prices

8/19/2005 1:00 PM ET
Networks continue to hype gas prices high above the national average, while the Post looks to government for pricing.

Oil Prices Drop and Networks Ignore It

8/18/2005 1:00 PM ET
ABC does note the cause of the problem is that businesses cant build new refineries.

Obesity Battle Pops Up Again

8/18/2005 1:00 PM ET
Networks half-baked report criticized those who have fun in the sun.

ABC Plays The Old Skin Game

8/17/2005 1:00 PM ET
Networks half-baked report criticized those who have fun in the sun.

Networks continue gas price hype

8/17/2005 1:00 PM ET
ABC does note the cause of the problem is that businesses cant build new refineries.

Broken records: Media repeat phony claim of all-time high gas prices

8/17/2005 1:00 PM ET
Major medias problem with adjusting prices based on inflation adds to anxiety about cost.

Networks Paint Bush Economy As Bleak No Matter What The Facts Really Say

8/17/2005 1:00 PM ET
Medias bad news bears deliver negative news 62 percent of the time despite economic expansion.

Commentary: The Media Say the Economy Is Horrible, So It Must Be True

8/17/2005 1:00 PM ET
But their coverage of the Bush economy reads like a collection of Democratic Party press releases, calling a strong economy everything from 'struggling' to 'volatile' or 'dicey.'

Social Securitys Retirement Date Long Passed

8/15/2005 1:00 PM ET
70th anniversary marked by media spin on reforming the system.

Pain at the Pump

8/12/2005 1:00 PM ET
Schizophrenic media offer full-service bias on the economy.

CBS Downplays Danger from Activist Health Commissioner

8/12/2005 1:00 PM ET
Regulatory suggestion to limit trans-fats in New York foods results in serving of poor journalism.

Jennings Death Inspires Anti-Smoking Crusade

8/11/2005 1:00 PM ET
NBC reports that thousands choose to stop smoking yet, they need regulation and government funding to help?

Morning Shows Fill Up With Hype on Gas Prices

8/11/2005 1:00 PM ET
Networks emphasize $3-per-gallon prices when average price is $2.37.

Times Relies on Food Police for Comment on Healthier Products

8/11/2005 1:00 PM ET
In mostly positive free-market story, anti-industry nutritionist Marion Nestle continues criticism of innovation.

Post Blames Free Market For Starvation In Niger

8/11/2005 1:00 PM ET
Timbergs rant bypasses poverty, drought, locusts and other causes to blame greedy capitalists.

CBS Delivers A Steady Diet Of One-Sided Coverage

8/10/2005 1:00 PM ET
Network skews lawsuit story toward government and virtually ignores defendant

Networks Ignore U.S. Agreement on Global Warming

8/10/2005 1:00 PM ET
Partnership includes energy-hungry China and India, but media arent interested.

Media Find Current TV Electrifying

8/9/2005 1:00 PM ET
Stories downplay negatives, fawn over Al Gore, businessman as out to change the world.

FairTax Gets Unfair Interview

8/4/2005 1:00 PM ET
CNNs Soledad OBrien warns of the impending devastation of the economy with the FairTax.