It’s one thing to portray a doomsday scenario as it would happen unless drastic action is taken when it comes to global warming. It’s been done over and over.
But Mark Lynas,…
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February 5, 2008
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February 5, 2008
It’s this type of hard-hitting questioning that can send people out to the polls and vote their conscience – but only if they’re a judge at a first-grade ballet recital.
As a part of its Super Tuesday coverage, the February 5 “…
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February 5, 2008
It's simple. The most competent candidate who comes closest to sharing my core values and political philosophy will get my vote as president. Nobody gets a free ante in the biggest card game of all because of race, gender, religion, or POW status…
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February 5, 2008
The media's obsession with Britney Spears is lining the pockets of celebrity magazine publishers, celebrity TV shows, photographers and others, but it's costing Los Angeles taxpayers.
The latest incident, which took place early Thursday…
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February 4, 2008
Restaurants that serve unhealthy food – not the consumers who choose to eat it – are to blame for an obesity epidemic in the United States, according to Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC’s popular daytime talk show “The View.”
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February 4, 2008
“Do as we say, not as we do,” should be NBC’s “Today” show motto.
After going out of the way to show how environmentally conscious they were in a “going green” series, the cast of NBC’s “Today” abandoned that as part of a…
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February 4, 2008
Striving to pay down debt might sound like a good idea, but to ABC “World News,” it means “radical belt-tightening.”
The February 3 “World News Sunday” featured the financial advice of Howard Dayton. Dayton incorporates…
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February 2, 2008
Sen. John McCain just got an endorsement he probably wasn’t expecting.
The New Republic’s editor, Franklin Foer, wasn’t all that glum about the possibility of John McCain defeating Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in the 2008…
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February 1, 2008
Although the number of payroll jobs declined for the first time in more than four years on February 1, things might not be as bad as they seemed.
According to the U.S. Labor…
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February 1, 2008
It’s this type of reporting that would make Lou Dobbs proud.
The February 11 issue of BusinessWeek cast doubt on the advantages free trade for the United States. An article, “Economists Rethink Free Trade,” by Jane Sasseen…
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January 31, 2008
Leave it to a former Clintonista to go on CNN in the middle of a presidential campaign with a Republican president in office to tell viewers how bad the economy is.
David Gergen, who served under former President Bill Clinton…
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January 31, 2008
One day, he says the stock market is supposed to drop 2,000 points; two weeks later, nah.
It’s funny how a 125-basis-point drop in the…
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January 31, 2008
Being more environmentally “responsible” means being willing to pay more for basic goods, according to NBC “Today” show host Ann Curry.
“What’s your best advice to me and…
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January 31, 2008
You might be a little one-sided when “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric says your economic reporting is regularly so pessimistic that you sound like the “grim reaper.”
CBS News Business Correspondent Anthony Mason, at…
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January 31, 2008
Veteran Washington journalist and Slate.com Editor-in-Chief Jacob Weisberg has a theory about the awkward nature some say President George W. Bush exhibits in his public speeches – Bush has a learning disability. Weisberg…
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January 30, 2008
It flies in the face of conventional wisdom – spending money on things that you can’t afford, whether the economy is expanding, flat or contracting.
However, CNN “American…
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January 30, 2008
Campaign promises are a rite of passage for presidential hopefuls. If you can promise enough people you’ll give them what they want, you just might have a chance at getting elected. But how much do these promises cost and how would we pay…
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January 30, 2008
ElectionWatch: Hey Big Spender! Media Fail to Report Cost of Campaign Promises How much does universal health…
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January 30, 2008
What’s messier and more shameless than candidates campaigning to save the economy? Media coverage of that economy – the one all the candidates want to “stimulate.” The media coverage that’s driving people’s votes.
Despite…
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January 29, 2008
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews showed viewers why he hosts a political show not an economic one following President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address.
The former…
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