MediaRealityCheck

Morning Shows Fill Up With Hype on Gas Prices

Networks emphasize $3-per-gallon prices when average price is $2.37.

Times Relies on Food Police for Comment on Healthier Products

In mostly positive free-market story, anti-industry nutritionist Marion Nestle continues criticism of innovation.

Post Blames Free Market For Starvation In Niger

Timbergs rant bypasses poverty, drought, locusts and other causes to blame greedy capitalists.

CBS Delivers A Steady Diet Of One-Sided Coverage

Network skews lawsuit story toward government and virtually ignores defendant

Networks Ignore U.S. Agreement on Global Warming

Partnership includes energy-hungry China and India, but media arent interested.

Media Find Current TV Electrifying

Stories downplay negatives, fawn over Al Gore, businessman as out to change the world.

FairTax Gets Unfair Interview

CNNs Soledad OBrien warns of the impending devastation of the economy with the FairTax.

Journal Story Describes the End of the World As We Know It

Harvard professors connection of current events to pre-World War I ignores mountains of good economic news.

Energy: Regulation and Rewards, not Freedom

Media blast oil companies, lawmakers but fail to investigate financial boost to inefficient energy source.

Times Blinded By Hazy View of Reality

Dramatically cleaner air downplayed in a story about threats to Clean Air Act because troubles remain.
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