Business & Media Institute Vice President Dan Gainor discussed a new report on the media's coverage of economic downturn on "Fox & Friends" May 27.
CBS's "The Early Show" took a jab at oil executives, saying they were part of the reason gas prices were so high--forgetting about market demand.
Dan Gainor, vice president of the Business and Media Institute, said on Fox Business Network that the media always hype negative economic stories so they can knock them down. It's like the…
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on NBC's "Meet The Press" on May 4 that any windfall profits tax on oil companies should be spent on "clean energy," not to cover a cut in the…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton alleged on ABC's "This Week" that oil companies are engaging in "market manipulation" to collect huge profits and should have to pay a windfall…
The Biz Flog for May 21 examines the media's coverage of President Raul Castro's reforms in Cuba.
In a report on federal cancer funding, the CBS "Evening News" implied that the government has been providing less funding. But overall cancer funding has increased, according to the National…
On CNN's "American Morning," businessman investment icon Warren Buffet said he prefers Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
CBS' "Evening News" aired a negative report on the makers of flame-retardant products because of the polybrominated diphenyl ethers within them.
On May 20, NBC's "Today Show" reported on $3.80-per-gallon gasoline by showing b-roll of a station selling regular for $4.15.
CBS's "Evening News" took a jab at the baseball bat industry for possibly dangerous aluminum bats.
NBC's "Nightly News" reported on the declining circus industry in Cuba, forgetting to note the particulars of the Cuban econonmy.
ABC's "Good Morning America" predicted on May 15 that gas prices are only going to get higher.
NBC "Today" show host Matt Lauer grilled ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerman on gas prices during an interview on the May 15 broadcast.
NBC turned to the federal government, rather than existing private sector solutions, for answers on salvaged car safety on the May 12, 2008, broadcast.
A May 8 ABC "Nightline" report featured food industry critic Michael Pollan attacking processed foods -- and provided no input from the people he attacked.
The "Nightly News" celebrated the closing of a Home Depot store -- which means 80 lost jobs for a small Vermont town -- on May 7, 2008.
A witness to the 1969 recording of the peace anthem "Give Peace a Chance" is now selling John Lennon's handwritten lyrics at auction. She expects nearly $400,000.
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell talked about media coverage of "recession" on the May 2 episode of CNBC's "Kudlow and Company."
CNBC's Erin Burnett said positive growth in gross domestic product in early 2008 doesn't matter, using the new "Craigslist Indicator" as a sign of a bad economy.
NBC "Today Show" co-host Matt Lauer said he has traveled 21,000 miles in just the first three days of the current installment of his "Where in the World" ratings gimmick.
CNBC host Jim Cramer joined a small club of broadcast journalists on April 25 when he connected government mandates for ethanol to worldwide food inflation on the NBC "Today" show.
CNBC's Carl Quintanilla hyped rice "rationing" on the April 24 NBC "Today Show." But his colleague, Erin Burnett, provided a little bit of perspective.
ABC's "World News With Charles Gibson" blamed the Second Amendment for Mexico's problem with drug smugglers' illegal firearms.
This week's episode takes a look at the environmental impact of the NBC "Today" show's "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" specials. (Episode 115)