career

The Blacklist Gets a Gold Star

emantel — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 04:00:51 +0000

Evan Mantel

I don't know how the rest of the blogosphere will react to the premiere of this new drama, but I, for one, loved it. Fast-paced and suspenseful, The Blacklist keeps viewers on the edge of their seat.

Two important questions stick out as critical plot points as the season develops:

NBC Laments Weiner Resignation as 'Sad Ending' to 'Bright, Promising Political Career'

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:54:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

As news broke Thursday morning of Congressman Anthony Weiner's upcoming resignation, congressional correspondent Luke Russert appeared on NBC's Today and sympathetically declared: "...this is really a sad ending, a lot would say, to what was once a bright, promising political career."

MRC Press Release - Bozell: Bill Keller Must Go

admin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Brent Baker

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.”

CNN Job Reports Don't Even Agree

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:51:46 +0000

Dan Gainor

Sometimes a news outlet doesn’t even agree with itself. That was the case with CNN’s coverage of the latest unemployment news on March 9. Reporter Ali Velshi called it “good news” but CNN.com headlined the same news “weakest in 2 years.”

Velshi’s “American Morning” report was almost entirely upbeat and focused on the drop in the unemployment rate from 4.6 percent to 4.5. “Four-point-five percent as a national unemployment rate is good news for workers because it means more demand for workers and they can demand higher wages,” Velshi told viewers.

CNN Puts Responsibility for Minorities' Advancement on 'Corporate America'

admin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:19:54 +0000

Rachel Waters

CNN’s “In the Money” crew placed the blame on corporate America for a lack of diversity in the workplace in its February 17 show, saying businesses have a long way to go on something “so simple.”

The segment featured two African-American guests. However, “In the Money’s” treatment of minorities in the workplace failed to address such foundational issues as family, culture and education in determining people’s interests, career choices and ultimate success.

CNN's Velshi Argues Boosting Minimum Wage Could Boost the Economy

admin — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:40:44 +0000

Ken Shepherd

So you want to grow the economy? Just force employers to pay employees more. That way they’ll spend more money, and voila! Economic growth!

That was CNN business reporter Ali Velshi’s economic analysis on the February 2 edition of “American Morning.”

Wash. Post Claims Minimum Wage Hike Is Fine by D.C.-Area Biz Owners

admin — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:12:01 +0000

Ken Shepherd

“Who’s Afraid of a Higher Minimum Wage?” asked the December 4 Washington Post Business section headline. Certainly no business owners in the Washington, D.C., area, claimed the paper.

ABC Hypes 'Extreme Jobs' Taking Heavy Toll on Workers with 70-Hour Weeks

admin — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:53:03 +0000

Ken Shepherd

American laborers are “going to extremes” working in jobs “where 60 hours a week can be considered part-time, and overtime is an understatement.”

That’s how ABC anchor Charles Gibson teased a story in the opening credits of the November 27 “World News.” Yet for all the hype, fewer than one percent of Americans hold these type of “extreme” jobs, and most are well-compensated.

ABC's Sawyer: 'We're Working Ourselves to Death'

admin — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:11:59 +0000

Ken Shepherd

“We’re working ourselves to death,” Diane Sawyer concluded from a new University of California study on blood pressure and work. But the “Good Morning America” host left out some key information in her August 29 interview with a cardiologist.

“This is really something to show finally that there is a parallel” between high blood pressure and hours spent at work, Sawyer said as she talked with New York Presbyterian Hospital cardiologist Lori Mosca.

Bad Company: Executive Summary

admin — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:21:00 +0000

BMI Staff

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Madonna Finds Meaning

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:00:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Forty-five seems like a little old for an adult to decide to grow up, but it's better than never. In an interview with ABC last week, fading pop star Madonna addressed the fact that she's been less than a role model in her career. She looks back on her provocative act over the last two decades and conceded it was meaningless.