The media love stories about the gap between the rich and poor in
America. But they rarely explore that gap, why it exists, and what
it means.
It is an interesting question whether a…
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March 15, 2006
Sounding like a broken record, the media again are squawking about
record profits for oil companies in light of a new round of
congressional hearings on oil and gas prices.
Both CBS and…
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March 15, 2006
Raddatzs story followed, highlighting a day of high political
drama, closed White House meetings and deal-making.
It wasnt until the dust had begun to
settle the next day…
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March 14, 2006
What a difference three years and a microscopic virus make. In
February 2003, ABC featured critics who argued that duct tape
government officials urged people to buy couldnt fix everything.…
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March 13, 2006
Just in time for spring break, ABCs 20/20 bellied up to the bar
with two stories on women and binge drinking. The March 10 edition
was enough to frighten already worried parents about their college…
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March 10, 2006
As the port management controversy churned inside Washington, CNNs
Lou Dobbs and NBCs Chip Reid attacked a British firm that contracts
security services to the Department of Homeland Security. But they…
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March 9, 2006
On March 2 a major oil company operating within the United States
announced it would take steps to avoid reporting to the U.S.
government. But in the week since, none of the three broadcast…
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March 8, 2006
Avian
Flu: A Media Pandemic
The media are abuzz with the terrible
possibility of an avian flu pandemic. Even though cooked meat is safe to
eat,…
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March 8, 2006
Rather than a modern-day Paul Revere, Lou Dobbs sounded more like a
black helicopter conspiracy theorist as he warned viewers of his
March 7 program about the British owning American airports. But weeks…
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March 8, 2006
The potential for an avian flu pandemic is something were
constantly asked about at the American Council on Science and
Health. It doesnt help that headlines constantly blare about
deadly…
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March 8, 2006
OBriens prediction was a long way off. Total human deaths from
avian flu worldwide so far are slightly less than are killed on a
typical day in traffic accidents in the United States. That total…
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March 3, 2006
PARENTS BEWARE: If your kids wear roller skates, they may fall and
hurt themselves, and you might not be able to sue! That was
essentially the alarmist news flash CBS Early Show correspondent…
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March 2, 2006
Closing her feature, and the newscast, substitute co-anchor Diane
Sawyer concluded that laws there for the common good like speed
limits need a little wiggle room just to get through…
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March 1, 2006
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Oil prices began to spike in 2005 and the news media eagerly criticized the “greed” of oil companies and their executives. Reporters complained about “jaw-dropping profits” or that oil firms were “taking spending…
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March 1, 2006
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American media have covered the ports controversy with almost 24-7 dedication. But the networks have ignored a far bigger security threat. As energy prices have spiked and world demand increased, the United States’…
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March 1, 2006
The pounding waves and 165-mph winds announced the arrival of
Hurricane Hugo in September 1989. Hugo battered the East Coast,
costing $8 billion and taking 50 lives.
Now a new Hugo is…
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February 28, 2006
Four days after the Business…
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February 27, 2006
The February 26 NBC Nightly News treated a move by Wal-Mart (NYSE:
WMT) to expand health care benefits
as an opportunity to stack the deck with another attack on the
retail chain and a liberal…
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February 24, 2006
After Enrons collapse, the media frequently reminded the public of
political ties top executives in the failed energy company had to
the Bush administration. The same standard, however, wasnt applied…
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