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     Many economists warn of tough economic times, but former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich doesn’t just warn of a “recession,” he warns of a “depression.”

     “I think there’s a 20 percent chance of a depression,” Reich said to…

     Usually the Bush administration is criticized for abuses of executive power. This time the media and Democrats in Congress are after the administration for not using its authority enough.

     A report on the March 13 “CBS Evening…

     Think the public is getting too much global warming from the media? Andrew Revkin, the environmental reporter for The New York Times, doesn’t think you’re getting enough.

     Revkin spoke in Newark, Del., on March 12 for the…

     A carbon emission-free energy source sounds like a grand idea, assuming it can compete at least somewhat with other sources of energy. When it costs four times as much, however, you’ve got a problem.

     NBC Chief Environmental…

In the wake of revelations that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was involved with a prostitution ring, the mainstream media have seen fit to offer countless breathless features on high-priced call girls.  It has taken three days for the press to…

     Foreclosure filings in February 2008 were down 4 percent from January, but you wouldn’t know that from watching NBC’s “Today” show March 13.

     That’s because CNBC contributor…

     The Democratic presidential race is still going strong and both candidates have latched on to the housing market as a key issue. Both want to bail out mortgage holders, but the news media have given little in-depth…

     To hear the mainstream media tell it, we have a Titanic problem with global warming. Not large, but Titanic in that they believe “unsinkable” mankind is facing a looming cataclysm.

     How do they know? Because some scientists…

     North Korea poses a potential deadly threat to the United States, according to former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton. Bolton told an audience on March 11 that North Korea would sell nuclear technology to terrorist organizations, specifically…

     Amidst concerns about oil prices and inflation, journalists forget one thing: government-mandated ethanol.  

     CNBC’s Erin Burnett ignored the effect it has on the…

     Just when you thought it was safe to trust your tap water, it would appear dehydration is your only option.

      The Associated Press detailed a five-month study that found trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water…

     Global warming “solutions” covered by the mainstream media keep getting more and more radical. But this time, there’s much more involved than using a different type of light bulb, taking the bus to work or using less…

     Although the news that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was involved in a prostitution ring was greeted with shock in most circles, Wall Street had a different reaction.

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     The media are quick to blame everyone – especially lenders – except borrowers for the subprime mortgage “crisis.” The March 9 “CBS Evening News” found another way to demonize home lenders instead of the borrower who took…

     If you watch the news, you’ll see financial hardship examples for everything – home prices, food prices, energy prices – you name it. “NBC Nightly News” found another downbeat economic problem to harp on – the lack of…

     The subprime lending “crisis” has already led to a record rate of home foreclosures, so why do the media continue to exaggerate already disappointing statistics?

     In an…

     The subprime “crisis” has been blamed for a lot of things – a supposed recession, the fall of the dollar, a spike in energy and food prices, etc. 

     But James Carville, a…

     When a gas station sign shows up on TV, you can bet the price shown is higher than the national average. That was true again as NBC “Today” co-host Ann Curry reported March 6.

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     Kosovo declared independence from Serbia two weeks ago and has much work to do in building its economy. But the top challenge might be environmental groups opposed to mining the natural resources that are the nation’s greatest asset.