| DATE | TITLE | AUTHOR | FORD RATING | BIAS METH. | COMMENTS | Col. In. | PAGE | SECT. | |
| 3/3/2003 | GM | GM out with new incentives, Ford expected to follow | John Porretto | 3 | |||||
| 3/12/2003 | F | Ford stock at 10-year low; ad flip-flop in spotlight | Jamie Butters | 5 | |||||
| 4/18/2003 | F | Ford backing off fuel economy vow | LA Daily | 3 | fair, does mention some reasons for the delay | ||||
| 4/18/2003 | F | Ford unveils Mariner | Jocelyn Parker | 4 | |||||
| 4/18/2003 | F | Edsel Ford II finds his own place in Detroit history | Alejandro Bodipo-Memba | 2 | |||||
| 4/18/2003 | GM | GM CEO's pay: $12.1 million | Jeffrey McCracken | 2 | positive spin on negative info | ||||
| 4/18/2003 | F | Ford's new math baffles analysts | Jamie Butters | 5 | |||||
| 4/20/2003 | F | Ford's 100th year gets in high gear | Oakland Tribune | 2 | |||||
| 4/21/2003 | Auto | Column: NASA's high tech trick helps auto researchers | Mike Wendland | 1 | |||||
| 4/26/2003 | High tech cars soften the blow to pedestrians | Jeff Bennett | 3 | ||||||
| 4/26/2003 | GM | GM Workers quarantined | Jeffrey McCracken | 3 | |||||
| 4/26/2003 | H | Honda earnings set record again | Yuri Kageyama AP | 1 | |||||
| 4/26/2003 | GM | Mirror switch spurs GM recall | FP | 3 | |||||
| 4/28/2003 | F | Ford's car plan is one platform going 10 ways | Chicago Tribune | 3 | |||||
| 4/28/2003 | F | Ford retiring Thunderbird - again | FP | 5 | |||||
| 4/28/2003 | F | Car makers irk green camp | Jamie Butters | 5 | they went out & found all of the bad news on Ford; mentioned none of the good things Ford has & is doing | ||||
| 4/28/2003 | F | 100-City Tour: For the love of cars | Jamie Butters | 3 | |||||
| 4/28/2003 | F | Ford to pay Navistar for dead V-6 deal | Richard Truettt @AN | 4 | |||||
| 4/29/2003 | Ford likely to show flat progress on quality | Jamie Butters | 5 | expanded on Scheele's cautionary comments, painting a dark picture of Ford's anticipated bad quality (flat to a little progress). | 1 | A | |||
| 4/29/2003 | F | Ford's leader bets his salary | Jamie Butters | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 4/29/2003 | F | Ford CEO took options instead of salary in 2002 | Wall Street Journal | 4 | |||||
| 4/30/2003 | April Auto Sales: Consumers resist incentives | Jeffrey McCracken | 5 | missed chances to say plusses on Ford | |||||
| 4/30/2003 | F | Millionth V8 leaves Windsor plant | FP | 3 | dull, drab, just the facts, no attempt to show Ford in a good light | ||||
| 4/30/2003 | Column: Value of new interchanges not clear cut | Brian Dickerson | 3 | ||||||
| 4/30/2003 | Opel counts on new-model sales | FP | 2 | good news about GM; doesn't do the same for Ford | |||||
| 4/30/2003 | F | Editorial: Ford at 100 | FP | 4 | collects all potential bad Ford news; no real input from Ford | ||||
| 4/30/2003 | DC | Chrysler eager to see grades | Jamie Butters | 2 | |||||
| 4/30/2003 | Chrysler eager to see grades | Jamie Butters | 4 | ||||||
| 5/1/2003 | F | Ford to build Ga. Factory, sources say | NY Times | 2 | |||||
| 5/1/2003 | F | Moody's warns on Ford debt | FP | 4 | |||||
| 5/1/2003 | Auto | The eaerly word on earnings: so far, so good this season | Peter McKay @WS | 2 | |||||
| 5/1/2003 | Auto | People blamed for vehicle crashes | FP | 2 | brief, could have expanded, compared to auto lawsuits | ||||
| 5/1/2003 | F | Corvettes, Mustangs rate most-stolen classic cars | John Porretto | 2 | |||||
| 5/1/2003 | Inf. | Column: Crossover mixes good & bad | Mark Phelan | 2 | |||||
| 5/2/2003 | April vehicle sales figures drop 6.2% | Jeffery McCraken | 5 | ||||||
| 5/6/2003 | F | Ford's quality program cut costs by $350 mil in 2002 | Bill Koenig @Bloomb | 2 | |||||
| 5/6/2003 | F | Ford discontinues ads featuring its leader | Bill Koenig @Bloomb | 2 | 20 | 2 | C | ||
| 5/6/2003 | H | Honda operations in Ohio; One eye on quality, the other on youth | Jamie Butters | 2 | |||||
| 5/7/2003 | Honda, Toyota drop in quality | Jamie Butters | 2 | mentioned Ford's 5% improvement, but buried it near bottom of article. | 41 | 1 | A | ||
| 5/7/2003 | Reacting to rumors: Future of Ford's Ga. Plant uncertain | Peralte Paul + @Cox | 4 | ||||||
| 5/7/2003 | Au | California Board's Boundaries Debated: Automakers say it overseas emissions, not fuel economy | Jocelyn Parker | 4 | |||||
| 5/7/2003 | F | After sales slip, Ford cuts prices, increases rebates | Bill Koenig @Bl | 3 | missed a chance to make a good article about F | ||||
| 5/8/2003 | GM+ | GM, Dow Chemical to share fuel cell info | Dee-Ann Durbin | 3 | |||||
| 5/8/2003 | Car count includes purchased brands | FP | 4 | ||||||
| 5/8/2003 | GM | GM settles pickup explosion suits | FP | 3 | brief; just the facts | ||||
| 5/8/2003 | F | Ford brings back Blue Oval as corporate logo | Dow Jones | 2 | |||||
| 5/8/2003 | V | Volkswagen profits tumble | FP | 3 | brief; just the facts | ||||
| 5/9/2003 | F | Ford reinstates blue oval logo | Det. News | 2 | |||||
| 5/9/2003 | BMW | BMW profit falls 19% | FP | 3 | brief, just the facts | ||||
| 5/9/2003 | BMW | BMW "Still on course" as profits fall | Telegraph | 3 | |||||
| 5/9/2003 | F | Protest may mar Ford's party | John Porretto | 3 | 3 | C | |||
| 5/9/2003 | T | Toyota profit falls 18% on rising consumer discounts | WSJ | 3 | not mentioned in the Freep | ||||
| 5/9/2003 | F | Greens scold Ford, plan protest | News | 4 | |||||
| 5/9/2003 | F | At Ford, the old is new again | Jamie Butters | 4 | 13 | 1 | A | ||
| 5/9/2003 | F | Ford's Scheele; Three new Lincolns in 3 years | Dow Jones | 2 | |||||
| 5/9/2003 | F | Ford goes back to blue oval | Calgary Herald | 3 | short, just the facts | ||||
| 5/9/2003 | F | Ford Exceeds Industry in Quality gains | FCN | 2 | "This is the second year in a row that Ford has outpaced the industry…" | ||||
| 5/12/2003 | F | Ford turns 100: '41 strike divided workers, a family | Sheryl James | 4 | |||||
| 5/12/2003 | Auto affordability index stays flat with fourth quarter | Dow Jones | 3 | ||||||
| 5/12/2003 | F | A cenury of vision: Fords built city, changed the world | Bill McGraw | 2 | |||||
| 5/13/2003 | F | Analyst downplays Ford's woes | Jamie Butters | 3 | |||||
| 5/13/2003 | Commentary: Accelerate the recovery | Bill Ford | 2 | on Bush's tax cut | |||||
| 5/13/2003 | F | Challanging the Crown Victoria: calling all cars | Jocelyn Parker | 4 | assumes Crown Vic is unsafe; pushes ways competition can promote their vehicles | ||||
| 5/13/2003 | F | Sirius satelite on Ford, Lincoln, Mercury | Dow Jones | 2 | |||||
| 5/14/2003 | F | Sirius will be optional on Fords | FP | 3 | |||||
| 5/14/2003 | Ind | Vehicle backlog hits new highs | Jeffrey McCracken | 4 | |||||
| 5/14/2003 | F | Ford, Continental sued over crash | FP | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 5/14/2003 | Ind | Buying cheaper than leasing over 5 years | Chicgo Trib | 3 | |||||
| 5/15/2003 | F | Ford to invest $192 million in Michigan engine plant | WSJ | 2 | |||||
| 5/15/2003 | auto | U.S. automakers face heated summer labor talks | Reuters | 3 | |||||
| 5/15/2003 | F | New Jaguar XJ lands on its feet in leap to aluminum | Mark Phelan | 2 | |||||
| 5/15/2003 | Ind | Consumers retreat after war | Jeannine Aversa @ AP | 4 | |||||
| 5/15/2003 | F | Crown Victoria, Forester win top safety ratings | FP | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 5/16/2003 | UAW | UAW may consider plant closings | Jeffrey McCracken | 4 | |||||
| 5/16/2003 | F | Ford to upgrade Romeo engine plant | FP | 3 | 4 | 1 | C | ||
| 5/16/2003 | F | Navistar's loss widens | FP | 3 | 3 | 2 | C | ||
| 5/17/2003 | F | Two contractors helping | FP | 4 | 2 | 12 | A | ||
| 5/17/2003 | F | Ford, GM issue recalls | FP | 4 | 4 | 16 | A | ||
| 5/17/2003 | F | Two contractors fined | FP | 4 | adds negative comment about Ford's fine from 1999 | 2 | 12 | A | |
| 5/17/2003 | F&GM | Ford, GM issue recalls | FP | 4 | Ford gets 2" and GM gets 1" | 16 | A | ||
| 5/18/2003 | F | Bill Ford calls in referees to stop feuding at top | Observer | 4 | |||||
| 5/19/2003 | F | Helping out in a Jam | Peggy Welsh-Sarnecki | 3 | why not mention any of ford's Rouge River Days, with 600 employees? | ||||
| 5/19/2003 | F | 100 years of Ford: The man who put the world on wheels was fascinated with flight | Automotive News | 2 | |||||
| 5/19/2003 | F | J.D. Power - Quality | Roman Krygier @F | 1 | |||||
| 5/20/2003 | T | Toyota to recall fuel-cell hybrid cars due to hydrogen leak | Japan today | 3 | short, sweet | ||||
| 5/20/2003 | F | Damage Cases against Ford are remanded in high court | WSJ | 3 | |||||
| 5/20/2003 | F | Big Ford award too high for justices | Jocelyn Parker | 4 | |||||
| 5/21/2003 | F | Much ado about tires: | Marty Hair | 2 | |||||
| 5/21/2003 | DC | Steering may lead to recall | FP | 4 | short | ||||
| 5/21/2003 | DC | HNHTSA investigates DCX vehicles | Detroit News | 3 | short | ||||
| 5/21/2003 | S | Suzucki allowed to sue magazine | FP | 3 | |||||
| 5/22/2003 | F | Team helps rev up Mustang in time for crusing, charity | Bill Laitner | 3 | about 1 car | ||||
| 5/22/2003 | ind | Regulators to give SUVs actual rollover tests | Jocelyn Parker | 4 | |||||
| 5/22/2003 | ind | 115 UAW strikers say co-pays too high | Jeffrey McCracken | 4 | |||||
| 5/22/2003 | F | On the line - Quality | F - Roman Krygier | 1 | |||||
| 5/23/2003 | F | Ford legal foe topic of movie | Nedra Pickler | 3 | |||||
| 5/23/2003 | DC | Chrysler drops plans for plant | Jeffrey McCracken | 4 | CAW interviewed first, with opinions | ||||
| 5/23/2003 | DC | DC cancels plans to build new Canadian plant | WSJ | 3 | DC first, with facts and reasons, then CAW | ||||
| 5/23/2003 | ind | Anti-SUV crowd can't take away truck's safety records | Phil Kent | 4 | attitude | ||||
| 5/23/2003 | ind | SUV tax break to hit $100,000 | Ruby L. Bailey | 4 | |||||
| 5/24/2003 | F | Crank the engines: Model T collectors | Alexa Capeloto | 4 | |||||
| 5/24/2003 | F | Value of Ford options adjusted | FP | 3 | |||||
| 5/26/2003 | F | High court sets aside Ford award | Auto News | 4 | |||||
| 5/26/2003 | F | Ford looks in every corner to cut costs | Auto News | 2 | |||||
| 5/26/2003 | F | Bill Ford sees future of hybrids, hydrogen | Auto News | 2 | |||||
| 5/27/2003 | F | Ford turns 100: Model Ts | Alexa Capeloto | 2 | |||||
| 5/28/2003 | F | Ford city discuss business licence | FP | 3 | |||||
| 5/26/2003 | F | Ford comeback making progress | Car connection | 2 | |||||
| 5/27/2003 | N | N Nissian srats up production | Reuters | 4 | |||||
| 5/28/2003 | N | Nissan poised to take profots from US plants | Jamei Butters | 4 | |||||
| 5/28/2003 | F | Explorer, Passat part of probe | FP | 4 | more negative news on Ford | 5 | 3 | E | |
| 5/29/2003 | GM | GM takes high road while admitting bumps | Jeffrey McCracken | 2 | |||||
| 5/29/2003 | F | Ford at 100: 5 ideas shaped Industrial America | Mark Phelan | 2 | long | ||||
| 5/30/2003 | ind | Incentives up, but auto sales drag | Jeffrey McCracken | 4 | |||||
| 5/30/2003 | ind | Automakers prepare to sweeten already taste deals | USA Today | 3 | |||||
| 5/30/2003 | GM | GM's Oaklahoma City workers finish off SUVs | Jennifer L. Brown | 3 | |||||
| 5/31/2003 | T | Toyota to make pickup engines | FP | 2 | 3 | ||||