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Paper Tigers Take Bite Out of American Dream Three major newspapers attack traditional economic views and show support for the welfare state.

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Getting Personal over Personal Accounts: Business Week attacks the ownership society with scare tactics and liberal talking points.

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Investing for Dummies When it comes to managing money, the L.A. Times says were all dummies. The next step in the logic is for Social Security to stay the same to…

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Paul Krugmans Serious Drug Problem is based on bad statistics New York Times economist continues papers reliance on incorrect information about drug research costs.…

Positive Job Growth Continues Will News Coverage Improve? Two straight years of positive employment numbers and more than 3 million new jobs but those facts havent…

Networks Play Up Energy Politics, Ignore Real Costs Energy reports blame Bush for gas prices, misinform about oil refining and encourage fear of nuclear power.…

Media Jump on Social Security Cuts to Obscure Details of Bush Plan Washington Post, New York Times herald benefit cuts while news networks dismiss President…

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Social Security has been the most debated domestic issue of George W. Bush’s second term. Baby boomers begin retiring as early as 2008, and the nation’s retirement system faces an income shortfall beginning as early as 2017…

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In the Social Security reform debate, liberals have promised 'guaranteed' tax-funded benefits. Conservatives have warned that the outdated retirement program is nearing guaranteed bankruptcy. But the only real…

Post Paints FDR as Moderate on Social Security Story focuses on different legislative styles of Bush and Roosevelt. It then ignores enormous differences…

When Greenspan speaks Post, Times dont even come close to agreeing on what Fed Chairman has to say.

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CDCs Numbers Collapse Under Weight of New Study Analysis finds estimates of obesity deaths 14 times higher than reality. Center for Disease Control vows not to…

Super Size Me Star Continues Anti-Food Attack; Will Also Target Religion in New Show Morgan Spurlock overate himself into stardom and took a bite out of McDonalds at the…

BBC Bothered by Capitalism in Afghan Capital Reporter details the dangers of free market economics because landowners make a profit.

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CBS Plays the Victim Card and Takes It to the Bank Evening News criticizes controversial new fee after man overspends his account

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Discovery Channel Blows Its Top and Its Credibility Network focused on devastating impact of true story of Yellowstone volcano that just hasnt happened yet…

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Accounting scandals have become bread-and-butter stories for journalists. But one of the biggest accounting debacles in recent history has gone virtually unnoticed by the TV news. Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored…

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It's a familiar story. An enormous company reveals its 'accounting problems.' The problems are found to be far worse than anyone realized. The CEO is forced to resign. Other high-ranking executives follow. The stock…

Networks Hound Burger King for Launching Enormous Sandwich ABC and NBC shake their collective finger at the naughty peddlers of the new Omelet Sandwich.…