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May 9, 2007
“Eight states have no laws at all regulating these vehicles, 12 others have no minimum riding age, so now some senators want to consider federal restrictions,” said consumer correspondent Elisabeth Leamy.
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May 4, 2007
“Business is Back,” blares the headline, accompanied by a cover graphic of a fist punching through the page of the May 14 issue of Fortune magazine.
“No CEO dares say it, yet it must be said:…
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May 3, 2007
Both ABC and CBS evening news programs praised a new drug that could save lives threatened by osteoporosis. But they didn’t say what company spent years and millions of dollars developing it.
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April 25, 2007
ABC “World News with Charles Gibson” fanned flames of class warfare with a story about the high incomes of hedge fund managers, leaving out how much these individuals must be paying in taxes or how much profit they had made…
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March 30, 2007
Crime victims can’t catch a break. “American Morning” anchor Soledad O’Brien accused TJX Cos., the parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, of dishonesty in the March 30 broadcast after the company had suffered a massive data…
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March 28, 2007
Media coverage of housing is booming again. This time, it’s the Shocked and Victimized Homebuyers versus the Big Bad Loan Companies.
As the subprime lending “crisis” has gone primetime, the…
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March 19, 2007
The student loan business might be taking advantage of college students, according to ABC “World News,” but viewers will just have to trust the network about the particulars.
Anchor Dan Harris…
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March 8, 2007
All three network evening news shows used extreme examples about “abusive” credit card company practices on March 7, but only one even suggested cardholders should make responsible choices.
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December 17, 2008
CNN’s Carol Costello and John Roberts had a lump of coal for credit card companies on “American Morning” Dec. 17.
Costello complained about the companies’ use of “warm and fuzzy” holiday advertisements in an attempt to persuade more people to…
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December 8, 2008
“Sometimes bad guys make the best good guys,” declare the commercials for TNT’s new drama “Leverage,” starring Timothy Hutton. That’s the morally ambiguous theme of the show, which features a group of hitherto loner…