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August 16, 2007
There is a lot of China import-bashing in the news and a lot of it warranted – food health and safety issues and now toy recalls. But it has spurred protectionist rhetoric in the media while ignoring costs.
On the August 15 “Good Morning…
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July 12, 2007
The recycling craze isn’t the perfect, planet-saving method many environmental enthusiasts want you to believe, according to the CBS “Evening News.”
It seems recycling may be deadly.
“The business of recycling is a big part of the…
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February 19, 2007
A new study by the Autism Genome Project (AGP) chalks up the disease’s primary cause to genetics, not environmental pollution, ABC’s Bill Blakemore reported on the February 18 “World News.” But in 2005, media outlets including ABC showcased an…
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February 14, 2007
A prominent businessman sold stock days before it took a dive, and congressional Democrats are pushing for an investigation, But the Washington Post’s February 14 report emphasized political posturing by congressmen and left out facts the paper…
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February 13, 2007
The day after President Bush’s economic advisers released their official 2007 economic forecast – a story shunted to page C3 – The New York Times cast a pall on the economy, comparing current events to the economy of the pre-dot-com crash of…
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February 9, 2007
Is meeting a former vice president a religious experience? Devout global warming believer and CBS reporter Harry Smith seemed to think so.
A week after foreseeing Miami as the next lost city of Atlantis, CBS’s Harry Smith declared former…
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February 9, 2007
It’s not a difficult concept. When you’re a newspaper reporter documenting a new government-imposed burden on business, you find supporters and critics of the rule. It’s business journalism 101. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Patrick Kerkstra and…
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February 8, 2007
Sounding more like a screenwriter for “Captain Planet and the Planeteers” than a business magazine contributor, Fortune’s Marc Gunther scripted energy company TXU as an enemy of Earth in his February 5 article.
Gunther wrote up a…
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February 8, 2007
Has CNN’s “American Morning” gotten its fill of the “obesity epidemic” hype? Maybe not, but on two separate occasions in the past few days, the program’s reporters have scoffed at candy makers’ and schools’ attempts to keep kids from developing…
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February 7, 2007
ABC’s Jim Avila injected his own negative attitudes into his report on a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) on February 6.
“Next for Wal-Mart, attorneys will appeal to anyone who will listen, from the full appeals court to…