by Alan Jenkins | May 5, 2008 | Blog, Economy
By an overwhelming bipartisan margin, Congress has passed what sponsors are calling the first civil rights act of the 21st century: the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. The Act, which President Bush is expected to sign, prohibits employers and insurance...
by Bill Scher | May 5, 2008 | Blog
Fox News Sunday fails in the eyes of the Watchdog, going 0-for-3 in its interview of McCain adviser and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina. There were no questions about McCain's health care plan, no questions about Fiorina belief that offshoring American jobs...
by Bill Scher | May 2, 2008 | Blog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
by Bill Scher | May 2, 2008 | Blog
After Time Magazine's Swampland blog slapped fellow journalists on the wrist for understating the "radical" nature of Sen. John McCain's health care plan, Trudy Lieberman at the Columbia Journalism Review is also struck at McCain's "radical" plan. Furthermore, she...
by Robert Borosage | May 1, 2008 | Blog
Oil companies report record profits. Gas is headed towards $4 a gallon. A caravan of more than 100 truckers rallied in Washington Monday to protest diesel fuel prices already over that mark. Across the country, Americans are getting pinched by rising fuel and food...
by Bill Scher | Apr 30, 2008 | Blog
On Monday, Bernie Horn warned us that Sen. John McCain's health care plan is a "radical scheme." Yesterday, Roger Hickey set up a test for the media: "The reality is, McCain’s proposals would greatly increase the number of uninsured Americans, while also doing nothing...
