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…
Brian Boyd

Jobs Report Positive; News Reports Negative

NYT and Reuters frame positive news negatively, while others provide mixed reports or no report at all.
Megan Alvarez

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.
Ken Shepherd

Two Against One in Food Fight

Balance not on the menu in NBC report on food industry.
Megan Alvarez

First Class Research Receives Second Class Coverage

Networks make erroneous and incomplete reports on Womens Health Study.
Megan Alvarez

Alls Well With Oil

BusinessWeek explains why theres no need to worry about oil supplies.
Amy Menefee

Its Only Rock N Roll

Live 8 performers dont tell the whole story about African problems.
Todd Drenth

Post Slants Tax Cut Story

Paper begrudgingly admits economic growth but warns of scary deficits.
Amy Menefee

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.
Todd Drenth

Commentary: The Georgia Tea Party

In The FairTax Book, two Atlantans offer a bold plan to toss the income tax overboard.