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 – journalists exaggerating an issue to make a story sexier or anti-business groups influencing the media to advance their agenda. Four of the stories on the following list started with a press release or report from an environmentalist group, labor union or “consumer group.”

Those exaggerations or manipulations resulted in lost jobs, lost revenue, unfounded health scares, unnecessary government intervention, and even deaths. The Business & Media Institute has compiled a list of the nine worst business stories (of the last 50 years).

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9. Food Lion Accused of Repackaging Meat
8. Oprah's Beef with Beef
7. ‘Dateline’s' Exploding Trucks
6. Rolling Jeeps
5. Silicone Breast Implants
4. Accelerating Audis
3. Wendy’s Finger Food
2. Alar-ming Apples
1. DDT

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