Networks Hype Credit Companies Abuse
ByJulia A. Seymour All three network evening news shows used extreme examples about “abusive” credit card company practices on March 7, but only one even suggested cardholders should make...
View ArticleCNN Blames Lenders For 'Credit Crisis'
ByJulia A. Seymour ByRachel Waters In debt? Don’t worry, you won’t be blamed by CNN’s “In the Money” team. On March 10, the CNN show featured an interview with James Scurlock, maker of the...
View Article'World News' Criticizes Faith-Based Financial Adviser for Being Anti-Debt
ByJeff Poor Striving to pay down debt might sound like a good idea, but to ABC “World News,” it means “radical belt-tightening.” The February 3 “World News Sunday” featured the financial...
View ArticleABC 'World News' Goes after Credit Card Companies
ByJeff Poor Take an anti-credit card lending activist, one liberal congresswoman and a disgruntled credit card holder, and you have the stacked deck against lenders that ABC used on February 11....
View ArticleABC's Cuomo Goes after Credit Cards
ByAmy Menefee The sympathetic, struggling cardholder. The anti-credit card company activist. The heartless business and the beleaguered industry representative. Check, check and check – but “Good...
View ArticleABC Uses Weird Non-Customer Example to Attack Credit Card Companies
ByNathan Burchfiel Credit card companies are out to get you – even if you don’t have a credit card, according to the May 29 ABC “Good Morning America.” “You’ve heard of a no-win situation...
View ArticleABC Warns of Credit Card 'Addiction'
ByKelly Brown When credit card companies “just make it so easy,” people become addicted to debt. That’s what “Good Morning America” reported on the June 11 show. “With the increased costs...
View ArticleABC Links Credit Card Companies to College Suicides
ByKelly Brown Credit card companies – not irresponsible borrowers – are to blame for the debt that college students rack up, according to ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Consumer correspondent...
View ArticleABC Goes After Online Businesses for 'Hidden Fees'
ByKelly Brown Online shoppers aren’t smart enough to avoid giving away their credit card information to pop-up ads, at least according to ABC’s “Good Morning America.” “Some pop-ups on your...
View ArticleDear NY Times: Bailouts Undermine Themselves
ByDonald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.Editor, The New York Times620 Eighth AvenueNew York, NY10018 To the Editor:Editor, The New York Timesread more
View Article'Evening News' Supports Obama 'Reform,' Complains about Credit Card Fees
ByJeff PoorOn the heels of President Barack Obama’s weekend radio address, where he lobbied for so-called credit card reform, “CBS Evening News” chimed in calling the legislation “help” for small...
View ArticleNBC Contradicts Itself on New Bill to Protect Consumer; May Hurt Students...
ByIris SombergNBC’s coverage of a new bill that restricts credit card companies has been riddled with contradictions – first attacking companies for taking advantage of young people, then admitting...
View ArticleDear WTOP: 'Swipe Fees' Don't Rip off Consumers
ByDonald J. Boudreaux, Ph.D.News Editor, WTOP Radio<?xml:namespace prefix = o /><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Washington, D.C.Dear Sir or Madam:Interviewed this morning by Bruce Alan and...
View Article'Today' Praises Bank of America's New Overdraft Policy, Fails to Explore...
ByAnthony KangNBC’s “Today” gave backhanded praise to Bank of America (BofA) on March 11 because of its decision to stop charging overdraft fees for debit-card transactions.“This is clearly an effort...
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