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September 14, 2005
As with nearly every other major natural disaster, Hurricane Katrina
resulted in short-term higher prices and cries of price-gouging by
politicians and those who are not familiar with how the market…
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September 9, 2005
As we watch the coverage of the hurricane story, it should be a
reminder of the power a mere few people can exercise each day to
influence the opinions of millions of viewers worldwide.
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September 8, 2005
Tax cuts have been the latest craze in gas price management, but
CNNs Miles OBrien suggested on the September 8 American Morning
that raising taxes might be the way to go.
I think theres…
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September 8, 2005
U.N. Report Cites U.S. and Japan as the Least Generous Donors,
read the headline in the September 8 New York Times. The article
went on to criticize U.S. foreign aid in advance of next weeks…
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September 7, 2005
The Early Show viewers are experiencing an unusual form of pain at
the pump. For two days running, CBSs Julie Chen has misreported gas
prices, each time claiming highs that have not occurred, with the…
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September 7, 2005
Hurricane Katrina received nearly 24-hour TV coverage in the past
week, from rescue tales to the horrors of flooding, crime, and
people struggling to find food and water. Then demands for…
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August 31, 2005
Some lessons
are hard to learn. For the media, who have been told many times by
scientists that global warming doesnt cause weather cataclysms,
each new disaster is an opportunity to ask the…
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August 31, 2005
The U.S.
Census Bureau released poverty figures for 2004 on August 30, and if
you were to take the mainstream media reports on the subject at face
value, you would have to conclude that things…
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August 31, 2005
USA Today Downplays Its Own Explanation of Health Care Costs Major series fails to understand why premium care has a premium price…
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August 26, 2005
Times Downplays Greenspans 18-Year Success Paper dwells on danger if housing turns into a bubble that bursts.
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August 26, 2005
World News Tonight Criticizes Outsourcing ABCs Closer Look takes one step forward, two steps back on trade debate.…
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August 26, 2005
Gas Hysteria Media Fail to Realize Oil Not Even Near Records Reporter Jim Axelrod mocks…
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August 25, 2005
Media Continue to Pound on Obesity Coverage Fast food restaurants are stalking children; Southerners are getting fatter; and the misleading Body Mass Index…
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August 25, 2005
Gas Hysteria Saving at the Pump Means Paying More for Vehicles Media continue to refine…
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August 24, 2005
Recent discussions about housing prices show confusion about what
makes for correct prices. The market sets prices that are correct
when the quantity that people demand of a good or service is equal…
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August 24, 2005
Gas Hysteria Media Take a Bite Out of CAFE Guidelines Government proposes new…
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