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September 27, 2006
What goes down must come up. That’s what many reporters have been saying since gas prices started falling. Gas prices have dropped a total of 68 cents, dropping every business day for the past 35 straight business days since August 11. But…
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April 12, 2006
See Executive Summary
When is a dollar a taxpayer dollar? A. When it’s paying for stem cell research. B. When it’s going to the military in Iraq. C. When it’s supporting public education. D. When it’s aiding sick and hungry…
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April 12, 2006
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Tax dollars are all the same to the taxpayers who part with them. But the broadcast media have different standards for different dollars. Often, government programs that fit a liberal agenda get the more benign label of “federal…
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December 22, 2005
In
newspapers, placement is everything. Put a story on the front page
above the fold, and everyone can see it as they walk by the
newsstand. But hide it deep in the nether-sections, and only Grandpa…
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July 21, 2005
No Shortage of Errors in Deficit Coverage
Newspapers continue
faulty approach to tax cuts.
by Amy
Menefee…
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July 6, 2005
Alls Well With Oil
BusinessWeek explains why
theres no need to worry about oil supplies.
by Amy
Menefee…
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July 5, 2005
Post Slants Tax Cut Story
Paper begrudgingly admits
economic growth but warns of scary deficits.
by Amy
Menefee…
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January 9, 2009
Nobel laureate on arcane trade matters, former Enron adviser, and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is at it again.
In his latest Times column ("The Obama Gap"), he chides President-elect Barack Obama for not being ambitious enough in his…
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November 1, 2006
Since the 2003 Bush tax cuts, the media have joined the chorus of Democrats in singing an “anti-tax cut” hymn. As another election looms, some of the singers have changed, but the song remains the same.
“Three trillion dollars worth of…
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October 25, 2006
CNN is no “CSI,” but its reporters and anchors keep declaring things dead. They’ve called the American dream “impossible” and “a lost cause” and said the middle class is “in crisis” or going “out of business” – all in the month of October…