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Mitchell & Matthews Use Disaster to Mock Conservatives and Criticize B
At about 4:40pm EDT this afternoon on MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell marveled at how Venezuela, “perhaps with a bit of a sense of irony,” has offered assistance despite the call by Pat Robertson, whom she identified as a “colleague” of the Bush administration, for the assassination of Venezuela's President. Chris Matthews soon piped up about how “we often argue about states' rights and the need to…
Reporters Blame Global Warming for Katrina, Not Even NYT Buys It
Some in the media have blamed the ferocity of Hurricane Katrina on global warming. NBC's Robert Bazell warned on Monday's NBC Nightly News, in a story carried repeatedly on MSNBC, that "many scientists say we can expect such storms more often as global warming increases sea temperatures around the world." In a Monday posting on Time.com Jeffrey Kluger forwarded that "to hear a lot of people tell…
Media Link Hurricanes and Global Warming for More than a Decader
For at least 13 years, broadcasters have pushed global warming into coverage of disasters.
Media Do Poor Job of Reporting on the Poor
New poverty statistics ignore the fact that new numbers are among the lowest in 20 years.
USA Today Downplays Its Own Explanation of Health Care Costs
Major series fails to understand why premium care has a premium price.