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The numbers sounded more ominous with each report – 7,000, 20,000, 30,000 … 600,000 jobs lost. Outsourcing, high energy prices and high government spending were depicted as draining the lifeblood out of the…
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January 25, 2006
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More than 2 million new jobs were created in 2005 but that wasn’t the story presented by the evening news. The three broadcast networks downplayed strong growth and, instead, emphasized negatives such as corporate layoffs…
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January 25, 2006
Covering recently announced layoffs at Ford, the evening newscasts
have ignored the role labor union costs have played in the number
two automakers woes. The January 24 NBC Nightly News report filed…
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January 24, 2006
The January 23 editions of the network newscasts led with layoffs at
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:
F),
detailing the number of jobs to be lost and the plants slated for
closing,…
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January 23, 2006
CNNs Lou Dobbs outsourced his error-prone anti-free market services
to a competing network with a January 23 guest appearance on ABCs
Good Morning America to discuss Ford Motor Companys (NYSE…
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January 20, 2006
Jobless claims hit a five-year low in mid-January according to
figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 19.
But while
Bloomberg and
Reuters…
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January 20, 2006
In many respects, 2005 was the strongest economic year the United
States has experienced since 1999. The Gross Domestic Product
continued its uninterrupted string of consecutive 3-percent or…
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January 19, 2006
USA Today and The Washington Post hyped inflation fears today rather
than focus on optimistic outlooks from economists or a Federal
Reserve report showing strong economic growth in the weeks closing…
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January 18, 2006
Ford and now DaimlerChrysler are the latest companies to take the
layoff route to try and save their corporate skins. We watch our TVs
day after day as the numbers add up 7,000, 20,000, 30,000…
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January 18, 2006
CNNs Andy Serwer fired the medias latest salvo against American
business with his January 19 swipe at corporate salaries. The
Fortune magazine editor shut out defenders of corporate executives…
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January 18, 2006
There are few guarantees in this life. The most widely recognized
are death and taxes, but its also guaranteed that government isnt
as concerned about your well-being as you are. Liberals claim to…
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January 18, 2006
Start with a report on an SEC rule change, add a splash of outrage
over high corporate salaries, mix in a liberal activist whos
donated thousands to liberal candidates for public office, and you…
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January 18, 2006
Unlike the government, business leaders have the leeway
to make tough choices about their expenditures and the financial
health of their companies. Thats important as the government-backed
Pension Benefit…
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January 17, 2006
Media coverage of problems facing the new Medicare prescription drug
plan focused on elderly patients left in the lurch by bureaucracy,
producing what CBSs Bill Plante called a political headache for…
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January 16, 2006
Wholesale price inflation in 2005 was the worst in 15 years, warned
Associated Press reporter Martin Crutsinger in two reports on the
year-ending producer price index (PPI) numbers released January 13…
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January 13, 2006
The media fell silent about the motivations of supporters of a newly
passed Maryland law targeting Wal-Mart. USA Today failed to document
Wal-Mart Watchs union and anti-business ties and The New York Times…
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January 13, 2006
It may be January, but it seems its never too cold for the media to
re-heat hype on global warming. ABC and The Washington Post did just
that in their reports on one study in the science journal Nature…
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January 12, 2006
The Red Chinese are coming, the Red Chinese are coming, seems to
be the cry from Lou Dobbs about the advent of two Chinese car
companies, Chery and Geely, which may grace American showrooms…
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