Media Should Ask How “Cap and Trade” Ties in with Oil Spill, Energy Needs

With the political class using the oil spill has cover for costly schemes that have no relevance to America's energy needs, the fourth-estate has thus far failed to ask policymakers how new regulations will help resolve the current crisis and alleviate future challenges. What is the connection between the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and the stated need for anti-emissions regulations and higher energy prices? This question goes unexplored in the front page coverage the New York Times devote...

Black Republicans See New Opportunties Where the Media Erects Barriers

There are over 30 African-Americans running for office as Republicans with very strong credentials and compelling biographies. But they probably shouldn't bother as there are too many racial and political barriers, The New York Times suggests as it slides in yet another dig at Tea Party activists Diversity is a grand concept except where it trips up The New York Times and other media outlets that use race as a foil against Tea Party activists and public officials who advance small government...

Government Takeover Schemes, Taxpayer Concerns Go Missing In NYT

Up until now, the New York Times has fixated on the White House public relations campaign on behalf of Sen. Chris Dodd's financial sector bill and some of the Republican response. But precious little attention has been devoted to the specific aspects of the bill that could impact taxpayers. A new study from Americans for Limited Government (ALG) could jump start a series of reports that are more substantive and meaningful to readers... Taxpayer concerns are mentioned as a mere afterthought in...

Puff Piece on Treasury Officials Subtracts from Bailout Coverage

Sunday's New York Times business section includes two vastly different accounts of bailout programs that are now in circulation at the expense of taxpayers. On the one hand, the NYT deserves credit for calling out the Treasury Department for using questionable estimates, but the paper pivots away from this position in a separate piece that is overloaded with White House spin. It's a curious juxtaposition... White House officials who are pushing for another costly bailout package in the name o...

NYT Should Report on IER’s Criticisms of Obama’s Oil Drilling Plans

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) claims that President Obama's new energy proposal will actually constrain and restrict the development of domestic natural resources. After uncritically repeating the White House talking points on the new plan, the NYT should balance out its coverage by quoting IER... President Obama is opening the way to long overdue oil drilling initiatives that will help free the U.S. from dependence on foreign sources. At least this is the official version of events...