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Early Show ignores good news
The Early Show once again ignored the release of a positive economic report. The NFP (Nonfarm Payroll) numbers showed decent gains for June and healthy revisions up for both April and May. After the numbers came out, TES still had time for six stories, including one about a family with a new set of identical triplets to add to their identical twins. At least TES didn't accuse the Bush…
Jobs Report Positive; News Reports Negative
NYT and Reuters frame positive news negatively, while others provide mixed reports or no report at all.
Couric Parrots Clinton Swipe at Bush Security Budget
Today show co-host Katie Couric concluding an interview with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff about his agency's response to the London bombings yesterday departed from the apolitical, unbiased questions she'd been asking to showcase Senator Hillary Clinton's criticism of the Bush administration's budgeting for railway security.
First Class Research Receives Second Class Coverage
Networks make erroneous and incomplete reports on Womens Health Study.
Confidence Game
ABC Skips 3-Year High in Consumer Confidence But Reports Heavily on Negative Numbers.
CBS, NBC Ignore Fact That Drug Importation Is Illegal
Networks fail to explain the facts behind idea for getting prescriptions from Canada.
Animal Rights Group Lawsuit Milks Media Coverage
Associated Press ignores groups anti-food industry bias and calls them physicians committee.
Global Warming Coverage: Science Left Behind
In the race for emissions regulation, journalists are in the lead.
CBS Continues Coverage of Alleged Viagra Link to Blindness
Ongoing story downplays FDA disagreement and shows networks one-sided approach to rare risk.