AP's Jennifer Loven Spins Bush Speech as an "Attack" Only on Democrats
January 8th, 2006 9:42 PM
Jennifer Loven of the Associated Press is one of AP's regular reporters covering Mr. Bush and The White House. She also has an obvious conflict of interest, as her husband, Roger Ballentine, was a senior adviser to John Kerry on energy and environmental issues during the 2004 presidential campaign. Ballentine is currently president of Green Strategies, Inc., an environmental consulting and…
Newsweek "Explains" Media’s Desire to Make All Economic News Depress
January 6th, 2006 12:20 PM
On a regular basis, economic data released by the various government agencies responsible for doing such things is depicted negatively by America’s mainstream media. From unemployment to inflation to housing prices, regardless of the facts, the press typically report nothing but gloom and doom.Robert Samuelson in this week’s issue of Newsweek candidly informed readers why. After giving a synopsis…
On Jobless Claims Report, AP's Crutsinger Discounts the Present, and G
January 5th, 2006 5:38 PM
The Associated Press's Martin Crutsinger has been on the opposite of a roll:Just before Christmas, he appeared to be lowballing the consensus estimate of 4th Quarter 2005 GDP growth by describing it as "around 3 percent," when a broad-based Bloomberg survey of economists indicated a consensus forecast of 3.3%. Second, he pooh-poohed November's Construction Spending report released two days ago…
The Press Acted As One Collective Scrooge This Holiday Season
January 4th, 2006 10:12 PM
Media Mantra: Unhappy Holidays Pessimism about holiday sales went right through Christmas this year. Were consumers cheerful shoppers or Scrooges this Christmas season? The final sales data aren’t out yet, but the media have scared the dickens out of economy-watchers with the latter theory. As reported by the Free Market…
