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NBC Blames Mortgages and Unemployment, but Not Borrowers for Debt
'Nightly News' cites subprime mess and other factors, but leaves out personal responsibility for credit card delinquencies.
2.4 Percent: 'Dramatic' Decrease or 'Disappointing' Increase
Media downplay billions of dollars in increased holiday spending as 'weak' and 'disappointing'.
'World News' Blasts Medicare Competitors in One-Sided Story
ABC continues to make case for public-controlled health care, this time by bashing private Medicare plans and scaring seniors.
Media Use Strong GDP as Basis for 'Recession
Commerce Dept. confirms last month's 4.9 percent growth forecast, but media make their own forecast.
Subject of ABC Medicare Story Claims Misrepresentation
Retiree named Medicare Advantage 'favorite' says 'Good Morning America' exaggerated his support of private insurance companies.
Evening Newscasts Not Sure Energy Bill is Enough
ABC's Gibson wonders if epic energy bill will go far enough in regulating Americans' energy use; NBC relies on one-sided experts to praise it.
'Cramer Claus:' Bernanke Gets a Lump of 'High-Sulfur Stinky Coal
CNBC host offers disapproval of Fed chief, six weeks after making incorrect prediction about oil and gas prices.
This Christmas -- the Gift of Balanced Reporting
Sometimes the media get the story right. BMI highlights the 'good' news from 2007.
CNN's Gupta: 'Cheap' Corn Should Be Taxed to Fight Obesity
Medical correspondent presents tax on products with corn syrup as a convoluted solution to obesity and to 'offset' price of corn, ignoring that the price is already at an 11-year high.
Networks: Low Women's Clothing Sales Foreshadow 'Nightmare
Reporters paint ominous picture of the holiday shopping season based on one sector showing lower sales - even though many are up.
USA Today Praises Bill's Dimming of Incandescents
Reporter ignores environmental and financial downsides of high-tech light bulbs.