How the media gets the price of Thanksgiving dinner wrong ABC, NBC, Tech Times, and The Atlantic run with a press release November 26, 2014 By Ryan Chittum
Stock Traders Say Grinch to Steal Christmas, Reporters Write it Down December 20, 2005 By Paul McLeary ‘Tis the season for simplistic media stories, so perhaps it’s unsurprising that the retail sector’s complicated variables proved too much to tackle for the nation’s business journalists.
Barred From Meeting, Reporter Gets Mad December 16, 2005 By Edward B. Colby The New York Times has printed yet another story about itself, and the best thing we can say about it is at least there’s no mention of Judith Miller.
Post Gives Up, Admits Stock Market Utterly Defies Explanation December 16, 2005 By Edward B. Colby It’s not every day that a business columnist cooks up a suspect trend and then tells his readers repeatedly he has no idea why the trend is so.
A Top Speed Race to Report the Numbers – and Reuters Crashes December 15, 2005 By Edward B. Colby Faced with scant details on a breaking news story, should a business reporter run with speculative numbers, or wait to get those numbers right?
The British Biz Press Digs Up Some Good Stories on Agricultural Policy December 14, 2005 By Edward B. Colby Agricultural policy is hugely important, both in the U.S. and abroad. So why has the American press failed to help us understand what’s going on at the latest round of WTO talks?
Forbes Elbows Weekly Reader Aside December 13, 2005 By Mark R. Mitchell How does Forbes stack up against the popular children’s magazine? Not very well, it turns out.
Who’s the Grinch? Microsoft or the Media? December 10, 2005 By Edward B. Colby Is the world’s most successful company committing one of the greatest inventory screw-ups ever? Or is the Xbox shortage just a shameless publicity stunt?
Who Needs Facts? Flashy Headlines are Much More Fun December 8, 2005 By Liz Cox Barrett “House party is over,” says CNN in a headline on its Web site. But if the party’s over, the Los Angeles TImesis the annoying guest who refuses to leave. So who’s right?
Talkin’ ‘Bout MySpace Generation December 7, 2005 By Liz Cox Barrett Last month, BusinessWeek loved baby boomers. This week, the magazine loves another demographic group — young people. But why, exactly, that’s worthy of a cover story, we’re not sure.
The Sunday Times Rocks!!! December 5, 2005 By Mark R. Mitchell The best thing about the Sunday Times is this writer they have named Ben Stein. He makes business and financial stuff really simple so even we can understand it!!
The Business Media Misses a Big Story in Washington December 2, 2005 By Gal Beckerman The battle over the FCC’s decision to support “a la carte” cable for consumers should make for a great story – if only the press would write it.
Does It Even Know What It’s Selling? December 2, 2005 By Richard J. Tofel As Bill Gates recently wrote, “the next sea change is upon us.” For newspapers, that means they must do no less than reconceive their basic business model.
The Media Fall for Some Savvy Marketing November 29, 2005 By Gal Beckerman It’s been almost impossible to ignore the hype surrounding America’s newest post-Thanksgiving shopping milestone, “Cyber Monday.”
A Prophet of Doom Cherry-Picks the Numbers November 28, 2005 By Steve Lovelady Gretchen Morgenson, a New York Times Wall Street reporter with a Pulitzer under her belt, is one of the shrewder financial minds in the business press, so it’s always surprising to see her stumble.
