This week's "Biz Flog" looks at new attention being paid to oil speculators by Congress and the media. Speculators are being blamed for the high price of oil, but there is still debate over what…
Former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso won money promised to him in a payout for 35 years of service. MSNBC's hosts of "Morning Joe" took issue with the size of the payout, though…
The Biz Flog for June 11, 2008, covers the effect global subsidies have on the price of oil, a topic the media often don't cover.
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) promoted a windfall profits tax on oil companies on CNBC's "Squawk Box."
CNBC's Steve Liesman talks popularity of the word stagflation among economists as oil prices rise.
The CBS "Evening News" June 4, 2008, went after over-vaccinating children.
CACI's Jack London took the time to speak with Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute about the media's effect on CACI.
"The Biz Flog" for June 4 highlights the technology consulting company CACI and the one-sided, negative portrayal it received in The Washington Post.
A June 3 report on the CBS "Evening News" said the "food police" are urging a ban on food dyes that they think may cause hyperactivity in children.
The CBS "Evening News" reported that the closing of a GM plant in Wisconsin is the result of higher gas prices but didn't mention the cost impact of labor unions.
California Democrat Barbara Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said a recession is the time to pass a "cap and trade" bill to combat global warming.
ABC's "Evening News" went after the White House for altering scientific facts when putting together global warming legislation.
CNN's "American Morning" blasted oil companies for record profits and price-gouging in a May 30 report.
CNN's "American Morning" gave global warming a price tag on its May 29 broadcast.
Hillary Clinton backer James Carville said the Clinton campaign is on the "moral high ground" in the Democratic presidential race because of its desire to rerun the Michigan primary, a move that…
This week's edition critiques the media's coverage of congressional hearings held to chastise oil executives for record profits and executive pay.
CBS's "Evening News" was downbeat about the future of the U.S. economy May 27, with one source saying housing will be weak for the next year or so.
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.