Stuart Varney
BMI’s Gainor Discusses Newspaper Bailouts on Fox Business
October 20th, 2009 3:21 PM
On Oct. 20, Media Research Center Vice President of Business & Culture, appeared on the Fox Business Network to discuss recent calls from journalists and liberals for government intervention in America's ailing newspaper industry. "I can hardly believe that the Washington Post would publish an editorial asking for a taxpayer bailout of newspapers," said host Stuart Varney. "Tell me I…
BMI’s Seymour: Networks Coverage of Unemployment ‘13 Times More Ne
October 1st, 2009 3:30 PM
BMI's Julia A. Seymour appeared on today's Fox Business Live with Stuart Varney to discuss the discrepancy in media coverage of unemployment under Presidents Reagan and Obama. Author of BMI's latest study, "Networks Flip-Flop on Jobs," Seymour explained her findings: We looked specifically at seven months of coverage in 1982 and again in 2009 that had very similar periods of unemployment…
MRC’s Dan Gainor on Van Jones: Mainstream Media ‘Kept American Pub
September 8th, 2009 4:13 PM
Dan Gainor, the Vice-President of Business and Culture for the MRC, appeared on the September 8 edition of Fox Business Live to discuss the media's failure to report on President Obama's green jobs czar Van Jones, who resigned late Saturday night. Gainor stated that the mainstream media "absolutely ignored" the Jones stories. He detailed:
BMI on FoxBiz: News Media Ignore Impact of Health Care Reform on Small
July 16th, 2009 5:55 PM
BMI's Julia A. Seymour discussed the media's sparse reporting on health care reform's impact on small businesses July 16 on the Fox Business Network. Anchor Stuart Varney asked, "Is Washington waging war on small business? And is the news media ignoring it?" Seymour told him: Yes, I think in - in many cases they are. If you look at last night's evening news coverage of this health care…
FNC's Varney Heatedly Debates Porkulus With Air America Host
July 2nd, 2009 10:28 AM
Fox News's Stuart Varney had a heated debate Wednesday with Air America's Mike Papantonio about the state of the economy and the effectiveness of the $787 billion stimulus package.Subbing for Neil Cavuto on Wednesday's "Your World," Varney tried repeatedly to get his liberal guest to admit that porkulus hasn't worked and that the economy is getting worse.Papantonio wasn't having any of that…
BMI’s Burchfiel on FBN: Media Sensationalizes Qantas Incident
July 25th, 2008 4:47 PM
The media were quick to jump on the story of an emergency airplane landing in Manila, Philippines due to a hole in the fuselage of a Qantas flight. And they were quick to sensationalize the story without mentioning Qantas' impressive safety record. "Well, nobody's saying that we should be covering up a huge hole in the side of an airplane. But it's important for the media to not sensationalize…