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October 23, 2008
Perhaps CNN should change its moniker from “the most trusted name in news” to the most envious name in news.
The network stoked the anger and jealousy of ordinary citizens with an outrageous hour-long set-up called “Fall of the Fat Cats…
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October 10, 2008
Reports of capitalism’s death have been greatly exaggerated by the news media.
Take the Washington Post’s front-page “analysis” on Oct. 10 that warned the financial crisis “is claiming another casualty: American-style capitalism.” The…
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September 17, 2008
When Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin claimed she defeated the infamous Alaskan “Bridge to Nowhere” earmark, the Democratic nominees and network, cable and print journalists rushed to “fact check” her statement.
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September 9, 2008
Technological glitches can come with a high price tag – as United Airlines found out on September 8.
According to The Washington Post, a six-year-old Chicago Tribune article about the airline’s 2002 bankruptcy was archived without a date…
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September 5, 2008
Readers familiar with Time magazine’s global warming alarmism might have expected the publication to name climate change the culprit being worsening natural disasters. But they’d be wrong.
On September 3, Time.com examined “Why Disasters…
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September 3, 2008
As Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., accepted his party’s nomination for president he warned of an American economy in “turmoil.” Throughout convention week the news media helped reinforce Obama’s negative perspective.
During the Democratic…
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July 16, 2008
Another billion-dollar taxpayer bailout is on the horizon with the trouble at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but you won’t find much criticism of the mortgage giants on the networks despite repeated warnings about the lenders’ high-risk behavior…
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July 14, 2008
According to one energy security expert, unless prosperity exists people simply will not care about climate change. Gal Luft, executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, said on July 11 that the poor have other…
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July 9, 2008
In case you haven’t heard the buzz, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is struggling. The global coffee company recently announced that it will be closing 600 “underperforming” U.S. stores and cutting about 12,000 jobs.
While most reports about…
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June 30, 2008
Ignoring market-based solutions entirely, CBS ‘”Evening News” told the story of “The Other America” on June 29 – an America it claimed includes “100 million Americans without dental insurance.”
The story, which didn’t give a source for…