Special Report Archive
2009
July 22
Special Report: UnCritical Condition
Network news fails to examine high cost and proven failures of
government-run health care
May 28
Media Myth: Networks Ignore Trillion-Dollar Price Tag of Climate Cap
Bill
Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill leaves committee while ABC, CBS, NBC
remain silent.
March 4
Media Myth: Networks Stick to Warming Theme Despite Avalanche of Chilling
News
Alarmists
get snowed in for Washington, D.C. rally; networks mostly ignore signs of
cooling temps, ‘record’ cold.
February 18
Special Report: How the Networks Promoted the Biggest Spending Bill in
History
ABC, CBS, NBC put positive spin on huge growth of government.
2008
December 19
Pumped Up
Predictions
Network
warnings of ever higher gas and oil prices leave out a key point
– they are usually wrong.
December 11
The Media’s Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of 2008
BMI’s
collection of outrageous economic bias for the entire year: From the
salmonella outbreak to the media’s call for a new, New Deal.
October
22
America
2012
What the next president's first term will do to
energy, health care and your wallet -- and how the media are making it
worse.
September 24
Media Myth: Media Mum on Barney Frank’s Fannie Mae Love Connection
Democratic House Financial Services Committee Chair promoted GSEs while
former 'spouse' was Fannie Mae executive.
July 29
Media Myth: Billion-Dollar Boondoggle
Networks ignore taxpayer impact, years of news; Wall Street Journal
scores in Fannie/Freddie fiasco
May 28
The Great Media Depression
News reports depict economy far worse now than during the 1929 stock
market crash
April 16
Media Myth: Nine Worst Business Stories (of the Last 50 Years)
Some of the toughest obstacles American businesses face come not from
other companies or the economy, but from the media
March 19
Media Myth: Crude Coverage
Media ignore OPEC’s control of oil market when covering America’s pain
at the pump.
March 3
Global Warming Censored
Networks Stifle Debate, Rely on Politicians, Rock Stars and
Men-on-the-Street for Science
2007
December 12
The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2007
Top 10 Media Myths about business and
economic news for the year.
November 8
Debt: Who’$
responsible?
Networks blame business, not borrowers, for
America’s spendthrift ways
September 26
Bad Company III
For American Businessmen in the News, the
Defense Never Rests
May 9
Gassing Up
Networks Warn about $4, $5 or $6 Gasoline.
Maybe one day they’ll be right.
March 14
Prescription for Bias
Networks Downplay Drug Costs,
Treat Medicine as Entitlement
February 28
Media Myth: America’s Big Dam Problem
Networks Ignore Eco-campaign to
Save the Salmon and Turn Out the Lights
January 17
Media Myth: The Recession/Depression of 2006
Hint: It Never Happened
2006
December 6
The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2006
October 11
Bad News Bears
How Networks Distort a Good Economy and
Batter President Bush
September 27
Media Myths: Gas Hysteria
Even as gasoline prices fall, network
journalists talk about high prices more often than dropping ones and are
quick to say they could rise again soon.
August 16
Summer Rerun
Global Warming Movie Makes the Media Hot for
Al Gore All Over Again
August 9
Bad Company II
Oscar-Nominated Movies Bash Business, but Hollywood Claims That’s
Entertainment
June 21
Bad Company
For American Businessmen, Primetime is Crimetime
May 17
Fire and Ice
Journalists have warned of climate change for 100 years, but
can’t decide weather we face an ice age or warming
April 12
Media Myth: Taxation with Misrepresentation
Networks call administration actions ‘taxpayer-funded’ while
liberal priorities often treated as ‘government-funded’
March 1
Media Myths: Hugo the Boss
Media criticize ‘greed’ of energy executives, but go easy on
Venezuela’s oil strongman
January 25
Media Myths: Hit Job
Networks Emphasize Layoffs In A Year of 2 Million New Jobs
2005
December 14
The Media’s Top 10 Economic Myths of 2005
December 7
Media Myths: More Hot Air
November 30
Media Myths: The Housing Bubble Is Bursting
November 3
Media Myths: Gas Hysteria - Media Hype Harm of Rising Gas Prices
Despite Drop of 45 Cents Per Gallon
August 22
Trade Secrets: Lou Dobbs Tonight Hides Good News Behind Negative
View of Free Market
July 13
Crazy 8s: Live 8, G-8 coverage cheerleads sending billions of U.S.
dollars to Africa
July 1
Confidence Game: ABC Skips 3-Year High in Consumer Confidence But
Reports Heavily on Negative Number
June 26
Tax & Spin: Five Ways the Media Distort Tax Issues
June 8
Biased Accounts Part III: Networks Guarantee Liberal View of Social
Security
April 27
Biased Accounts: Networks Guarantee Liberal View of Social Security
April 4
Government-Sponsored Enron: Billion-Dollar Scandal Not Ready for
Prime Time
March 1
Media Malpractice: Journalists Ignoring Tort Reform to Report
One-Sided Stories Against Business
2004
December 14
SuperSized Bias II: Big Media Continue Skewing Obesity Debate
(May-October 2004)
November 8
Destroying America To Save The World: TV’s Global Warming
Coverage Hides Cost Of Kyoto Treaty
October 14
One Economy, Two Spins: Economic Conditions Portrayed as
Positive During Clinton Presented as Negative for Bush
June 2
SuperSized Bias: Big Media’s Role In Covering And Promoting the
Obesity Debate