Josh Elliot

Fuelish: NBC Devotes 3 Times As Much Airtime to Gas Prices in 2008, as 2013

julia.seymour — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:39:23 +0000

Comparison shows NBC News far less willing to report soaring gas prices under Obama.

Julia A. Seymour

No rising price affects the American psyche like skyrocketing gas prices. After all, many people drive past one or more gas stations each and every day, making it impossible not to see the prices soar. Then when the weekly, or bi-weekly fill up time rolls around, they feel the pain acutely.

How network news media cover the consumer issue seems to have a lot to do with who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. NBC News is a perfect example – covering rapidly rising prices in 2008 three times more than far higher prices in 2013.

Sequester Scare: Two Thirds of News Stories Devoted to Hyping Budget Hysteria

geoff.dickens — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:51:57 +0000

Geoffrey Dickens

“Deadline day. Hours, now, until massive government cuts go into effect that could impact every American. Jobs vaporizing. Flights delayed. Even criminals walking free.” That’s the call to panic with which ABC’s Josh Elliot greeted viewers on the March 1 Good Morning America. Elliot’s frenzied tone, on the day sequestration was going into effect, was typical of the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) network coverage of Washington’s most recent fiscal debate.

Media Breeze By Politically Embarrassing Occupy May Day Protests

geoff.dickens — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:14:14 +0000

Geoffrey Dickens

When the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement first arrived on the scene back in October of 2011 the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) news networks greeted, what they viewed as the left’s answer to the Tea Party, with a whopping 33 full stories in just the first 11 days of coverage and a total ofread more