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Obama the Tax Cutter: A Network Fairy Tale

admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:52:00 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

Full Report

Once upon a time, there was a nation besieged by what many called The Great Recession. The unemployment rate was climbing, businesses and families were struggling, and everyone was holding out for a hero.

CNN Parrots Press Release on Pay Gap Study

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:52:33 +0000

Rachel Waters

“Mind the gap” isn’t just for the London Underground anymore. The April 28 edition of CNN’s “In the Money” lamented a gap in pay between men and women, but the segment itself had a few gaps.

CNN contributor Polly LaBarre said that after controlling for certain factors, such as parenting responsibility and occupation type, “women still earn 12 percent less than men.”

ABC Says 'Millions of Americans' Have Been 'Waiting' For Congress to Boost Their Pay

admin — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:28:49 +0000

Ken Shepherd

Most Americans don’t wait 10 years for their bosses, much less the government, to give their paychecks a boost. Data show that more than two-thirds have passed the minimum after a year at a particular job. But to ABC’s “World News” anchor Charles Gibson, a congressional hike in the minimum wage is just the salvation workers need.

They Say They Want a Revolution: Privately-Run Public Schools

admin — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:41:27 +0000

Julia A. Seymour

“Don’t know much about history. Don’t know much biology. Don’t know much about science book. Don’t know much about the French I took.”

That Sam Cooke song expresses what many experts sense about American students. To fix the problem, one group of experts recommended a revolution: taking public school administration out of the government’s hands.

ABC Left Out Union Ties of Merit-Based Pay Critic

admin — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:31:50 +0000

Ken Shepherd

Reporting on a merit pay plan for public school teachers in Houston, ABC’s Gigi Stone left out one detractor’s status as a labor union activist.

“Texas is engaged in a massive $300-million experiment to find out whether big bonuses can produce big gains in student achievement,” Stone explained, noting that teachers can receive bonuses if students improve on standardized tests under their instruction.

ABC's Stark Maximizes Bias on Minimum Wage

admin — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:13:37 +0000

Ken Shepherd

As Congress debated sending a minimum wage increase to President’s Bush desk for signing, ABC’s Betsy Stark promised “A Closer Look” at the issue but delivered anything but.

In her August 2 “World News Tonight” story, Stark stacked the deck in favor of the wage increase, using five sound bites either in favor of an increase or critical of the current $5.15 federal wage floor. What’s more, Stark left viewers with the impression that economists are unanimous in believing the wage hike would have little or no negative impact on the poor.

Washington Post Stokes Class Envy with Front-Page Story

admin — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:33:44 +0000

Ken Shepherd

Registered nurses, carpenters, and technical writers are unfairly reaping the spoils of the strong economy while hard-working dishwashers and janitors get the shaft.

That might as well have been the first sentence of The Washington Post’s class war-engendering July 10 article “Well-Paid Benefit Most As Economy Flourishes.”

The Medias Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:31:00 +0000

BMI Staff

The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005

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“So people at home right now are saying, ‘Economic slowdown? How slow is it going to go?’ Are we headed for another recession?”

– Anchor John Roberts, “CBS Evening News,” April 15, 2005

The Medias Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005: Executive Summary

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:27:00 +0000

BMI Staff

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It was difficult to wade through the economic news of 2005. Gloom and doom overwhelmed any rational examination of the U.S. economy. Journalists were so obsessed with their negative outlooks that they set aside reason and reported one fantasy after another. TheBusiness & Media Institute compiled the 10 worst:

Crazy 8s

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 00:29:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

See Executive Summary