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     In response to the cover of the April 28 issue Time magazine, the Media Research Center (MRC) launched a petition that condemned the use of the iconic Iwo Jima photo as a global warming prop.

    More than 33,000 signatures were…

     CNBC host Jim Cramer has added himself to a short list of broadcast journalists who are willing to connect food inflation to government-mandated use of ethanol, a gasoline additive made with corn.

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     The April 23 "CBS Evening News" blamed turmoil in the housing markets for another crisis: a rise in the homeless population.

     "The Anticos are leaving their Bradenton, Fla., home because they have to," CBS correspondent Kelly…

     CNBC reporter Erin Burnett offered a bit of perspective to hyped-up media reports of rice rationing in the United States on the April 24 NBC “Today” show, even blaming ethanol for actual rice shortages around the world.…

     Prices for groceries like corn, bread, meat, cheese and milk have been on the rise for American grocery shoppers. Food riots have broken out in third-world countries where the cost of food has left millions hungry.

     But U.S.…

      It was a night filled with anti-corporate protests, anti-Bush comments, folk songs and the president of the Hip-Hop Caucus bellowing about America’s “illegal war” in Iraq. Welcome to the 2nd Annual “Climate Super Rally” featuring NASA’s Dr…

     Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ‘abolish’ carbon usage and sees a direct comparison to the end of slavery.

     According to Kennedy, “industry and government warnings” about…

     If you’re not too concerned about global warming, you’re probably a regular American. If you think, however, that it’s on par with World War II as a threat to the nation, you’re the managing editor of Time magazine.

     Al Gore’s…

      It’s not quite a newsflash that Mexico has a problem with gun-yielding drug smugglers. However, ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” had a distinctive take on the problem. ABC didn’t bash because there’s a law…

(Editor's Note: this column was originally published on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, in CMI's newsletter, Culture Links. Click here to subscribe.)

It's Earth Day, the highest holy day of the year for practitioners of shoddy journalism…

     Looking forward to “An Inconvenient Truth, Part II,” this time perhaps with a happier ending? Don’t get your hopes up.

     Alison Lehrer, a spokeswoman for Paramount, the production company behind Al Gore’s Oscar-winning 2006 film…

     President George W. Bush’s days in the White House may be numbered, but that isn’t stopping the media from taking a few pot shots on the way out.

     ABC’s April 21 “Nightline” reported on the increased cost of gasoline, but did…

     Time magazine continued to defend its manipulation of the classic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo – calling it a “point of view.” Managing Editor Richard Stengel said the cover art was part of the publication’s global warming…

     With record-high gas prices a hot issue for a lot of Americans, the demand for political action has been high during the 2008 presidential election cycle.

     On April 15,…

From carbon footprint calculators to electricity-free weddings, the media's promotion of anti-global warming hysteria is warming up with the approach of Earth Day on April 22.

ABC's Good Morning America was actually running a Countdown…

     Despite outcry from veterans and supporters of the military over the cover of Time’s April 21 issue, a spokesman for the magazine insists editors did nothing wrong.

     The Business…

     Another network newscast and guess what – something else to be afraid of.

     This time, it’s a “turf war.” ABC’s April 17 “World News with Charles Gibson” took a look at dangers…

     For only the second time in 85 years, Time magazine abandoned the traditional red border it uses on its cover. The occasion – to push more global warming alarmism.

     The cover of the April 21 issue of Time took the famous Iwo…

     “At this vital juncture in the Earth’s history, it’s clear that the American people are looking for a presidential candidate who will take climate change ‘very seriously.’”

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