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March 21, 2007
People pay a pretty penny for gasoline in the Golden State, so when gas prices are on the rise the media frequently point to California as the highest cost per gallon.
“Let me show you what is the most expensive gasoline location in the…
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March 21, 2007
You won’t find a debate over global warming in the pages of Glamour magazine, but you will find “the woman’s guide to saving the planet” in its latest issue.
Glamour’s April issue has an 11-page Earth Day section with more than 50…
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March 16, 2007
Mike Strizki doesn’t get an electric bill, or a gas bill. He’s off the power grid, living in the first U.S. solar-hydrogen house.
“It sounds promising, even utopian: homemade, storable energy that doesn’t contribute to global warming,”…
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March 15, 2007
How many networks does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two. “CBS Evening News” and ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” both excluded anti-regulatory opinions from segments about a coalition that wants to ban incandescent light bulbs in…
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March 14, 2007
Evening newscasts last night praised a new drug, Tykerb, calling it a possible “lifesaver” for women fighting breast cancer, but none of the reports ever mentioned the company that developed the effective new treatment.
“A new drug that…
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March 14, 2007
CBS and ABC heaped blame on lenders, rather than borrowers after a stock market slide yesterday was spurred by new home foreclosure numbers. Both networks lamented the problems of borrowers rather than blame them for taking out high-risk loans…
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March 13, 2007
A sure sign of spring is the launch of media hysteria about the increasing cost of gasoline.
“Gas prices are not just creeping up again, they’re shooting up and we’re still a long way from summer,” said anchor Charles Gibson as he…
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March 12, 2007
You can’t win for losing – well, not if you’re Exxon.
The San Jose Mercury News reported on March 11 that Steve Bing has revoked donations to Stanford University because of a partnership between ExxonMobil and Stanford, but the paper left…
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March 12, 2007
ABC “World News Sunday” bashed Halliburton on March 11, this time for deciding to move its corporate headquarters to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The report accused the company on many levels but allowed just one short response to the charges…
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March 9, 2007
Seeking “cool solutions” to global warming, CBS “Evening News” wrapped up its three-part series with a look at “an ecological fantasy island” on March 8
It was more of a liberal fantasy.
The Mark Phillips report told the story of…