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CBS Hypes Misleading Government Alcohol Study

julia.seymour — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 19:53:45 +0000

Taxpayers pay for unnecessary study on alcohol-related fatalities.

Mike Ciandella

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) recently published a new report that not only misled, but was completely unnecessary. And CBS repeated it rather than criticize its irrelevancy.

The NIAAA study claimed that the number of alcohol related deaths has been vastly under-reported. However, this was misleading. A separate government agency NIAAA agrees with has been publishing the correct number of deaths for years, and media outlets have been using that correct data. So the new taxpayer study went looking for a problem that wasn’t there.

— Mike Ciandella is Research Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Mike Ciandella on Twitter.

NBC's Harry Smith Gushes Over 'Greener and Cleaner' NYC Traffic Plan: 'Maybe We Should Just Get Rid of Cars Altogether?'

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:35:00 +0000

Kyle Drennen

On NBC's Rock Center on Monday, correspondent Harry Smith did a glowing profile of New York City Traffic Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, praising her as a "bold bureaucrat....on a mission to tame New York's mean streets. Her goal, untangle the gridlock and make it safer, greener and cleaner."

NPR President: Climate Change to Make LA Traffic Even Worse

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:02:05 +0000

Jeff Poor

Think traffic in southern California is bad now? We haven’t seen anything yet, according to National Public Radio President Kevin Klose.

Klose was a panelist at the forum “Covering a Changing Climate: The Media Challenge” held at Harvard University in Boston, Mass., on April 30. He said the effects of climate change will include migration from the south and cause a U.S. population boom of 100 million people. Klose told the audience this would be the subject of a series on NPR.

Trains? Yes! Planes and Automobiles? No! says Parade Magazine

admin — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:42:46 +0000

Paul Detrick

Author Peter Richmond insisted in his November 4 Parade magazine article, “A Better Way to Travel?” that with Americans stuck in traffic jams and airport security lines and made to suffer through flight delays, another government program could save the day: Amtrak.

“One solution is staring us in the face,” Richmond asserted. “Many transportation experts insist that the best answer to transportation gridlock is efficient intercity rail travel.”

CBS Blames Recently Bankrupt Airline for Being Stingy

admin — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:05:39 +0000

Paul Detrick

Who’s to blame for flight delays? Certainly not faulty government programs, says the “CBS Evening News.”

“Sheer misery … passengers on arriving planes couldn’t get off, stuck on taxi ways for up to six hours with little or no food and frayed nerves,” Reporter Randall Pinkston began.

'Today' Show Hypes Bus Injury Study, Giving Support to More Regulation

admin — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:51:44 +0000

Ken Shepherd

NBC’s “Today” show served up fear for millions of American parents with its sensational coverage of a new study on school bus injuries. But in doing so, reporter Tom Costello left out just how safe school buses are compared to riding to school by automobile, and that studies have shown seat belts actually do more harm than good when used on school buses.