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They wanted to sue over sodas in school, they even complained about 2 percent milk, and now they’re after fruit juices. But to the Washington Post, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is just another health-conscious consumer advocacy group.
The June 28 Washington Post featured CSPI’s latest complaints about fruit drinks on the front page of its weekly Food section. Staff writer Candy Sagon began by reporting on the additional…
“Today we got more intriguing evidence that coffee can be good for you, with a new study that suggests it can cut your risk of Type 2 Diabetes,” ABC’s Charles Gibson announced in the June 26 evening newscast. But just a week earlier, the same network’s morning show rallied to an anti-food industry group’s complaint against Starbucks.
“Daily cups of coffee have been linked to a reduced risk of Parkinson’s disease, liver cancer, gallstones,…
Parade magazine wants you to push Congress for higher taxes. Just don't generate too much carbon dioxide on your way there.
Alongside author Eugene Linden’s alarmist June 25 article, “Why You Can’t Ignore the Changing Climate,” the syndicated Sunday magazine included a sidebar with suggestions on “What We Can Do” to stop global warming. But by the fifth and final item, the editors made it clear they thought government, not free individuals in a…
Leave it to The New York Times to describe a Supreme Court ruling that will impose numerous costs on small businesses as “employee-friendly.”
In a June 23 article, Times reporter Linda Greenhouse praised a unanimous Supreme Court ruling that “substantially enhanced legal protection against retaliation for employees who complain about discrimination of harassment on the job.” By doing so, the Times’ court correspondent glossed over the…
“The Earth is running its highest fever in years,” teased NBC’s Brian Williams as he introduced the June 22 “Nightly News.”
CBS’s Bob Schieffer one-upped his younger rival with an even more alarming tease opening the “Evening News.” “The Earth’s temperature is going up. In fact the last time it was this hot, Rome was the world’s only superpower, and that’s not good,” said the outgoing anchor.
On the first full day of…
CNN’s Larry King isn’t exactly known for playing hardball, but his June 13 softball interview was the perfect game for former Vice President Al Gore to cap off his round of TV appearances on global warming. King let fly a few statements that more balanced interviewers might have caught: “We should feel a great sense of urgency because it is the most dangerous crisis we have ever faced by far,” Gore said of global warming…
President Bush’s prescription drug plan has been panned by conservatives and liberals, for different reasons. But in his June 21 "Evening News" report when CBS’s Wyatt Andrews presented the objections of a liberal health care advocacy group, he suggested competition in health care leaves senior citizens worse off than government monopoly.
“The consumer group Families USA finds that down the line” drugs many senior citizens use like…
The kids aren’t alright. An epidemic is sweeping the nation as teenagers down the addictive brew by the pint. Underage alcohol consumption? No, coffee.
As anti-food industry advocacy groups like Center for Science in the Public Interest sharpen their legal knives against Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), the media are brewing up alarmist reports on teenage caffeine…
“Witnessing the impact of global warming in your life? ABC News wants to hear from you,” read the opening lines of a Web page at ABCNews.com.
“The differences can be large or small — altered blooming schedules, unusual animals that have arrived in your community,” or even “higher water levels encroaching on your property,” the item suggested.
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Print media ran results of an anti-alcohol group’s study that warned black children are exposed to more alcohol marketing than their white peers, but the report left out information which undermined the study.
The report didn’t make waves in the broadcast media, but the Associated Press picked up the study and it appeared on dozens of print and TV news Web sites…