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            Print media ran results of an anti-alcohol group’s study that warned black children are exposed to more alcohol marketing than their white peers, but the report left out…

     The only thing CNN contributor Andy Serwer was missing for a recent business update was appearing on air in a leisure suit.

     The Fortune magazine editor raised concerns of 1970s, disco-era “…

             Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) has become a convenient morning stop on many hectic commutes. Recent studies have even pointed to coffee’s potential in helping to prevent…

           The U.S. Postal Service is helping cigarette bootleggers evade the law, warned the June 18 “World News Tonight.” But while ABC’s Dan Harris explored the legal quandary the postal…

     CNN gave viewers a sort of Saturday morning fever as CNN’s Andy Serwer raised fears of stagflation sapping the economy’s strength on the June 17 “In the Money.” “Stagflation” is a term coined in the 1970s to refer to high inflation coupled…

     When most people hear the word “Enron,” they mentally complete the phrase by adding the word “scandal.” As reporter Lester Holt of NBC’s “Today” put it in a January 1 story, “Enron has been the poster child, if you will, of corporate…

     One of the hottest topics in today’s news is immigration, both legal and illegal. The discussion is focused on “solutions,” but perhaps we should begin with an examination of why immigration occurs.      The kind of immigration that is…

     The three broadcast networks have focused growing attention on inflation recently – 42 stories since early May. CBS anchor Bob Schieffer declared on June 14 “Well, it is back, inflation, that is.” The following day, ABC’s…

     In the mid-1990s, aside from tobacco companies, Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) and its CEO Bill Gates were perhaps the media’s favorite corporate villain. Now he’s a media darling.     On the March 3, 1998,…

      “We are the problem,” declared NBC’s “Today” co-anchor Matt Lauer doing a stint as host for the SciFi network. Lauer was referring to mankind’s alleged misuse of planet Earth, but his comment better suits the media…

Networks Think Inflation is Important Only When Its Rising Signs that consumer prices are under control get ignored or downplayed…

Lauers SciFi Disaster Examines Our Lack of Future World wont end before more viewers subjected to Today co-hosts wacky predictions of doom.…

CNN's '70s Flashback: Serwer Sees Specter of Stagflation But economy is performing strongly and inflation is well below 1970s…

Summer of Gore Continues with Softball Game on Larry King Host lets Gore slam his talking points out of the park without raising…

ABC Labels Litigious Food Police a Consumer Group Industry critic CSPIs lawsuit escaped critical review on World News Tonight…

Recession Never Recedes Far from News Comments TV reports continue to raise the specter of economic troubles despite strong growth…

     ABC’s Charlie Gibson promised his June 13 “World News Tonight” viewers a look at “why a leading consumer group has a bone to pick over the fat in KFC food.” But that organization was none other than the Center for Science…

PBSs Now Charged Up About Foul Play Killing Electric Car But in reality, only a few hundred sold, despite tax credits and…

Gores Film, Lionized by Media, A Pussycat at Box Office Documentarys lackluster performance worse than Gigli, A Prairie Home…