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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…
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February 6, 2007
With the president’s budget proposal arriving on Capitol Hill, ABC’s Charlie Gibson told viewers that the “massive new plan would squeeze domestic programs” and asked if Congress would “go along.” Reporting the story, ABC correspondent Jonathan…
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February 5, 2007
A CNN reporter who moonlights as a marriage “Proposal Guru” and women’s magazine columnist used a February 5 report on the cost of the war in Iraq to lament the billions on war spending that prevent the Bush administration from being wed to…
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February 2, 2007
So you want to grow the economy? Just force employers to pay employees more. That way they’ll spend more money, and voila! Economic growth!
That was CNN business reporter Ali Velshi’s economic analysis on the February 2 edition of “…
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February 2, 2007
Two weeks ago, Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan suggested the fashion industry was exhibit A for why industry cannot regulate itself. She’s back at it again with a new angle to her complaint: the “excuses for hiring super-skinny…
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February 1, 2007
The South American dictator who famously called President Bush “the devil” during a UN speech is one step closer to nationalizing his country’s oil. Yet the same day that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez received new powers to rule by decree, none of…
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February 1, 2007
On January 31, President Bush became only the second sitting president to walk the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, just hours after the federal government released new data showing the economy grew at a healthy 3.4-percent growth rate…
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January 30, 2007
New York Times reporter Amelia Gentleman subtly slanted her January 30 story on a pending Indian court case regarding drugs patents by directing readers to see prescription drugs as a “right.”
“The supply of low-cost generic versions of…
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January 30, 2007
Shortly after he took over “World News” last spring, ABC’s Charles Gibson used his post as anchor to mourn a “dying” American auto industry. Gibson’s back at it again with his two-day “Running on Empty” series about Detroit automakers. The…