Romenesko

Portfolio.com
Howell Raines says oil companies have done a remarkable job persuading network anchors and correspondents to depict them as powerless victims of a supply-and-demand cycle. Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson's appearances on the "Today" show have become five-minute promos for price escalation, says Raines. Also, he writes, "there's the problem of letting general-assignment reporters, rather than energy specialists, cover gasoline prices mainly as a story of consumer suffering."