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April 2, 2012
The
national average for gasoline is perilously close to crossing the
$4-a-gallon marker once again. On March 28, the average rose to $3.91
for a gallon of regular gas according to AAA’s fuel gauge report. As of
April 2, the average was up…
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June 13, 2006
The June 9 “Now with David Brancaccio” could well have been titled PBS’s “Tin-Foil Conspiracy Theatre” as the newsmagazine looked at death of the electric car from the Michael Moore-like lens of a left-wing filmmaker.…
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June 9, 2006
On the June 8 “Nightly News,” NBC’s Brian Williams squeezed in a Democratic talking point when reporting the Senate vote on the death tax. While Williams said that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn…
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June 12, 2006
As graduation season wound down, the June 12 USA Today alarmed readers with a look at the “growing number of college grads” who owe more than $100,000 in student loans. But even the article’s author briefly conceded that’s…
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June 14, 2006
ABC’s Charlie Gibson promised his June 13 “World News Tonight” viewers a look at “why a leading consumer group has a bone to pick over the fat in KFC food.” But that organization was none other than the Center for Science in…
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December 14, 2006
Looking for factual medical reporting that avoids milking tragedy to create hype? If you’ve made an appointment to watch the CBS “Evening News,” you may want to get a second opinion.
While all…
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June 23, 2006
CNN’s Larry King isn’t exactly known for playing hardball, but his June 13 softball interview was the perfect game for former Vice President Al Gore to cap off his round of TV appearances on global warming. …
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December 27, 2006
Even one day after Christmas, the big three networks were still playing Grinch – putting down a retail sales increase of about 6.5 percent as somehow inadequate. This from the same media that complained Americans were…
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December 26, 2006
The feminist mandate of “equal pay” landed on the front page of the December 24 New York Times this week, with a warning that “one big group of women has stopped making progress.”
David…
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December 22, 2006
On December 22 the “Today” show gave its viewers an early Christmas present: a balanced report on the auto industry.
Reporter Phil LeBeau said that Toyota, the Japanese automaker, is expected…