http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/25713/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/media-anticipated-gas-increases-not-drop-nearly-2-gallon <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Just before latest major price drop, networks forecast climbing prices, ‘dire’ $5 gas. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/joseph-rossell">Joseph Rossell</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe src="http://www.mrctv.org/embed/132414" width="593" height="280" frameborder="0"></iframe></p><p dir="ltr">The dramatic collapse of gas prices is one story the news media didn’t see coming. In fact, as recently as June 2014, network news anchors and reporters were still talking about the prospect of $5 gasoline.</p><p dir="ltr">It turns out the media aren’t very good fortune tellers, and when it comes to gas prices they were wrong this time, just as many new outlets had gotten it wrong years earlier.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/media-anticipated-gas-increases-not-drop-nearly-2-gallon" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Business Economy Media abc broadcast networks cbs gas prices gasoline NBC oil and gas price drops price increases Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:45:42 +0000 julia.seymour 48138 at http://archive2.mrc.org