Oil & Gas Prices
Chris Matthews Stoops to New Low as Dow Makes an All-Time High
October 22nd, 2006 2:05 PM
Those of us that study the economy and how it is reported by the drive-by media are constantly amazed by how those covering financial issues continually misrepresent statistics to advance their agenda. No finer recent example has occurred than on “The Chris Matthews Show” Sunday when the host bemoaned new highs set by the Dow Jones Industrial Average last week as not accurately reflecting what is…
Geologist Refutes Media Myth: World Has Lots and Lots of Oil
October 21st, 2006 10:46 AM
A common theme in the media the past couple of years has been that the world is running out of oil, and that energy prices will do nothing but head higher for the rest of time. Well, a University of Washington economic geologist issued a statement on Thursday not only refuting such contentions, but also claiming that we will never fully deplete the earth’s supply of black gold:If you think the…
CBS Evening News Takes Seriously Conspiracy About Bush Manipulating Ga
October 16th, 2006 8:45 PM
Although a Monday CBS Evening News story included a soundbite from an expert dismissing the idea as “preposterous,” the newscast treated a far-left conspiracy theory -- about how the Bush administration is somehow manipulating the pump price for gas to help in the election -- as credible and worthy enough to deserve a broadcast network story. Citing how the price of a gallon of gas has fallen to…
OPEC May Cut Back Production. Don't Hold Your Breath for Democrat-OPEC
October 5th, 2006 12:34 PM
It appears that OPEC member states are worrying about the slumping price of oil. Venezuela and Nigeria have already cut back on production a bit but there's talk of an emergency meeting soon.But so far, not a peep from the broadcast media. See my article at BusinessandMedia.org.And don't hold your breath for CNN's Jack Cafferty to see a Democratic conspiracy to hike oil prices in time for the…
The NewsBusters Weekly Recap: September 23 to
September 29th, 2006 4:26 PM
As part of Newsbusters’ thorough coverage of the Bill Clinton/Chris Wallace interview, the MRC’s Tim Graham noted that the shock should not have been over Wallace’s questions, but rather the softballs provided by "mainstream" journalists such as Tim Russert. The NBC host asked Clinton brief and not exactly hard hitting queries, including "what do you think is the biggest problem" in the world…
