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     The hosts and crew of NBC’s “Today” show were in Vermont February 21 on the first leg of their “winter vacation” that concludes February 22 in Miami. The trips call into question how dedicated “Today” really is to “going green.”

      Hillary Clinton’s presidential effort isn’t getting much love from MSNBC contributors these days.

     Just a week and a half after MSNBC’s David Shuster made the remark, “it…

     The financial sector must “burn, baby, burn” to teach financial professionals a lesson about priorities and motives, according to a reporter-turned-columnist for The Washington Post.

     Steven Pearlstein, a one-time reporter for…

     No one could ever accuse the federal government of efficiently spending taxpayer dollars.

     So when a new study was released February 13 showing how much the Congress had…

     You know the presidential race is in full rhetorical swing when candidates are rallying people against a dangerous enemy of America. It’s time to play on the most basic of voters’ instincts: fear and hate.

     The enemy in…

     Remember the resentment the media showed toward oil companies when they announced record profits?

      When gas prices were hitting their highs back in 2007, there were…

     It may be the end of an era for Fidel Castro, but his brother is no sweetheart either.

     Unless you’re some sort of Cuban sycophant, like Michael Moore who spent time praising…

     Government actively involved in matters of trade is the path to prosperity in the eyes of CNN’s Lou Dobbs.  And when government bureaucrats fail to act in a way Dobbs sees fit, he pitches a fit.

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     Pity the business that gets caught in a media feeding frenzy. The latest example is gun sellers, following another school shooting.

     CNN’s Veronica De La Cruz turned a negative…

     Former NBA all-star, now an NBA announcer for TNT, Charles Barkley has a unique take on conservatives and Republicans. He questions their faith.

     Barkley appeared on CNN’s February 15 “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer,” not…

     Sometimes the media lose sight of the fact that businesses exist to make money and have to protect the bottom line.

     Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA), is…

     Apparently disappointed by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s refusal to predict a recession for the U.S. economy, newspapers instead turned to Bernanke’s predecessor Alan Greenspan, who was more than happy to offer some pessimism.…

     The former secretary of the Department of Agriculture, now chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), Dan Glickman showed just because you change jobs, leaving behind ideals doesn’t happen.

     Glickman,…

     You think the American media have been brutal about casting our economy in a negative light? They have nothing on the international media.

     A February 13 Reuters report suggested the U.S. government may have to go on an…

     Recession hasn’t been officially determined, but that didn’t matter to CNN’s Senior Business correspondent on "American Morning."

     Velshi offered viewers a preview of an appearance by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and…

After Hillary Clinton lost the January 3 Iowa caucuses, she  made “improving likeability” a central campaign strategy, as U.S. News…

     At age 73 and just over four years of being out of politics, former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has a unique perspective on both the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama presidential candidacies.

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     Is consumer confidence at an “all-time low”? The media say yes, but the facts say no.

     “The market is tumbling, while oil prices are soaring; consumer confidence at an all-time low,” reported Savannah Guthrie on the NBC “…

     Politicians using tragedy to advance an agenda has been a tried-and-true strategy. Paint the idea green and a natural catastrophe became political fodder for former Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (Mass.).

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