January 20, 2009 – 10:46 pm
U.S. Stocks Slide in Dow Average’s Worst Inauguration Day Drop Here’s money quote number 1: The Dow’s 4 percent slide was the most on an Inauguration Day in the measure’s 112-year history, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and the Stock Trader’s Almanac. And money (pun fully intended) quote number 2: Treasuries fell for a [...]
November 8, 2008 – 8:22 pm
The media, who were so blatantly biased in favor of Obama before the election, are finally beginning to admit the obvious–after the election: An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage The Post provided a lot of good campaign coverage, but readers have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw [...]
October 31, 2008 – 10:54 pm
Yes, and water is wet, the sun rises in the east, etc.: Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign Comments made by sources, voters, reporters and anchors that aired on ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts over the past two months reflected positively on Obama in 65 percent of cases, compared to 31 percent of [...]
October 22, 2008 – 8:20 pm
No, not the headline–Study: Coverage of McCain Much More Negative Than That of Obama–but the fact that it was published on the Washington Post’s website! Here’s a little snippet: Media coverage of John McCain has been heavily unfavorable since the political conventions, more than three times as negative as the portrayal of Barack Obama, a [...]
