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July 7, 2006
“It’s a financial storm without a shelter in sight,” reporter Mark Strassmann blustered on the July 6 “Evening News.” “Up and down its coast, Florida has an insurance crisis,”…
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July 5, 2006
Ah, the Fourth of July. Time for fireworks, barbeques … and stern lectures from the food police?
CNN’s Independence Day edition of “American Morning” gave viewers a condescending sermon…
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June 27, 2006
“Today we got more intriguing evidence that coffee can be good for you, with a new study that suggests it can cut your risk of Type 2 Diabetes,” ABC’s Charles Gibson announced in the June 26 evening newscast. But just a week…
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June 21, 2006
The kids aren’t alright. An epidemic is sweeping the nation as teenagers down the addictive brew by the pint. Underage alcohol consumption? No, coffee.
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June 19, 2006
The U.S. Postal Service is helping cigarette bootleggers evade the law, warned the June 18 “World News Tonight.” But while ABC’s Dan Harris explored the legal quandary the postal…
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June 17, 2006
In the mid-1990s, aside from tobacco companies, Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) and its CEO Bill Gates were perhaps the media’s favorite corporate villain. Now he’s a media darling. On the March 3, 1998, then…
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December 11, 2009
If you’re not buying the hype surrounding global warming, you’re not alone. Polls show fewer people believe there is “solid evidence” the Earth is warming, and Wired magazine consulted a shrink to find out why.
Brandon Keim wrote a one-sided…
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December 9, 2009
Each year the Business & Media Institute looks back on the year's news and selects the top 10 worst economic myths. Here is our 2009 list:
10. CBS, NY Times Support Ecuadorian Shakedown of U.S. oil company
9. Media Fail to…
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November 6, 2009
President Obama lobbied for government stimulus almost as soon as he took office. In order to gain passage of that $787 billion spending spree, Obama warned of economic “catastrophe” including double-digit unemployment.
Roughly 9 months later, we…
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October 30, 2009
CNN’s “American Morning” condemned socialism and praised capitalism on Oct. 30. No, they weren’t discussing big bailouts or entrepreneurs. They were talking about Halloween candy.
“Okay. This is the most, this is the most capitalist of holi–…