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January 11, 2006
The recent economic expansion in the United States bolstered by
news of 2 million jobs created in 2005 and an unemployment rate
below 5 percent is in large part due to the 2003 tax reduction…
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January 11, 2006
Despite the fact that mining
fatalities in the United States have dropped while production
has increased, the news media have indicted an entire industry and
the Sago mine in…
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January 10, 2006
With rumored 2008 presidential hopeful Mark Warners term of office
drawing to an end, The Washington Posts Michael D. Shear recently
chalked up Virginias steady economic performance…
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January 9, 2006
An on-screen caption during the segment reported the
actual average to be 13.4 percent, according to Bankrate.com. The
same
Web site accessed at time of publication showed the average rate…
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January 6, 2006
Getting an accurate portrayal of the 2005 Christmas shopping season
is like gathering information on that new Italian restaurant youve
heard about but want to try out for yourself. You want to get a wide…
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January 5, 2006
BioWillie. Its not a genetically modified country singer; its a
new alternative fuel. And as the media have reported on Willie
Nelsons crop-based energy business venture, some journalists have…
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January 5, 2006
Closing his story with a warning from an unnamed former miner that
new safety laws are often written in blood, NBCs Martin Savidge
presented viewers of the January 4 Nightly News broadcast with a…
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January 4, 2006
There was a time when we had nothing to fear but fear itself. Those
were the days. Now the home of the brave is anything but and
Americans find ourselves in a constant state of fear.
We…
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January 4, 2006
Maybe Serwer Needs Another Cup of Joe CNN reporter flubs statistic on coal, despite correct graphic on-screen
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January 4, 2006
CBS anchor Bob Schieffer used vehement coal industry critic Jeff
Goodell as an unbiased expert on the coal industry in an in-studio
interview on the January 3 Evening News. The very next day,…
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January 4, 2006
This pessimism continued right through Christmas day,
even when the news began to come out that sales through December 24
were quite respectable. As
Reuters reported on December 26: U.S.…
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January 3, 2006
Two million jobs were added in 2005; Novembers initial job growth
was revised upwards by more than 40 percent of the original
estimate; and unemployment dropped below 5 percent, according to…
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January 3, 2006
Shes no Miss Cleo, but CBSs Sharyn Alfonsi polished off her
crystal ball to issue a cloudy economic picture for 2006 on the New
Years Day edition of the "CBS Evening News". A broad consensus of…
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December 29, 2005
The term consumer group conjures up the image of some George
Bailey-esque fighting for the little guy. At The Washington Post,
that has become the code for a left-wing, anti-industry group. The…
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December 28, 2005
ABC reporter Dean Reynolds promised A Closer Look at the woes of
domestic auto parts maker Delphi, but instead zoomed in on a story
portraying union workers as victims and corporate executives as…
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December 27, 2005
The front page of the December 27 Investors Business Daily (IBD)
joined other print outlets in blowing hot air on the so-called
housing bubble with Home
Sales Plunge as Prices Pull Back and…
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December 27, 2005
In the biggest, boldest weight loss challenge ever, ABC
underestimated by 143 million the number of cheeseburgers in weight
it wants America to lose.
Good Morning America and aol.com are…
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December 23, 2005
Christmas is a time of giving and TV news reporters certainly took
that opportunity to give it to Wal-Mart. Following a jury ruling
that went against the worlds largest retailer, journalists put the…
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