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ABC Promotes Times Pact with Left-Wing Advocacy Group
By Dan Gainor
Its common for the major TV networks to run news stories that rewrite those that…
CBS Backs Nanny State Ban on Teen Tanning
By Dan Gainor
CBS Evening News tried to shine some light on the tanning industry last night,…
Supporter: Kyotos greatest value is symbolic
By Dan Gainor
The Kyoto treaty finally takes effect today and one of its major supporters…
Couric, CBS Morning News touted Frances short work week, but will they admit it failed?
By Charles Simpson
When the French placed a limit…
Legal Analyst Undercuts Tort Reform Debate
By Charles Simpson
In a lead up to the presidents State of the Union…
Times Gives Chile Savings Plan the Cold Shoulder
By Dan Gainor
Tomorrows State of the Union address is expected to be filled with…
Times Changes its Hole Position on Ozone Layer
By Dan Gainor
When is an encouraging end to a global environmental problem really a bad…
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Diet and obesity continue to weigh heavily on the minds of Americans. Those concerns have carried over to the news media, but the coverage takes on a strong anti-business slant, as if businesses and advertisers were…
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Obesity has become one of the most commonplace health issues covered by the mainstream media. This summer, networks and newspapers were full of stories on fad diets, recipes and overweight adults trying to lose…
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For nearly four years, network news programs have presented a skewed view of global warming and the Kyoto treaty that liberal environmentalists claim would cure it. Those same newscasts have all-but ignored the…
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Deadly droughts, polar caps melting, forest fires, sweltering heat. Global warming hasn’t hit the news every day, but when it has, it has done so with a bang. Network news programs have parroted almost any claim to…
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The media gave President Bush consistently negative press about perceived poor job creation and unemployment in the summer of 2004 but their reports were overwhelmingly positive when President Clinton ran for reelection in…
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The media have hammered President George W. Bush on the employment issue despite 13 straight months of positive job creation and other good economic news. The October 8, 2004 jobs report was the latest evidence that…
An Economists View Reporting Labor Statistics Correctly
Gary Wolfram, Ph.D. The George Munson Professor…