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May 31, 2012
Nanny
state Mayor Michael Bloomberg is at it again, trying to pass a ban on
large sugary drinks, all with the media’s help of course. CNN’s Alina
Cho favored the proposal in her May 31 report during the 10 a.m. hour of
“Newsroom.”“Newsroom”…
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June 14, 2012
The
May jobs report turned out to be an enormous disappointment, when
the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported only 69,000 jobs gained on the
payroll survey and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2 percent. The
report also showed 49,000…
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June 20, 2012
Scare
tactics are one of the many tools of the left, and the environmental
left particularly loves to spread fear of chemicals and “toxins” among
consumers. But that phobia also taints media coverage, and has resulted
in attacks on food-…
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July 6, 2012
The
June jobs report was “very disappointing” for the Obama administration
and to people looking for work, according to CNBC’s John Harwood. The
80,000 job gains was 20,000 short of expectations, and the unemployment
rate was unchanged.Moody’s…
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July 12, 2012
President
Obama announced his plan to hike taxes on people making more than
$200,000 and families making more than $250,000 by allowing the Bush tax
cuts to expire. But that wasn’t the way the three broadcast networks
framed the story on July 9…
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October 15, 2009
While many in the news media continue to inflate and exaggerate the number of uninsured Americans, National Public Radio is making a change.NPR’s deputy senior supervising editor Joe Neel drafted an e-mail that was sent out Oct. 14 to member…
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October 1, 2009
See Executive Summary
These are tough times. More than 3 million people have lost their jobs just since February 2009 and consumer confidence fell unexpectedly in September. The unemployment rate has spiked from 8.1 percent to 9.7 percent in the…
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July 30, 2012
With
a fragile economy during a heated election cycle, the news media should
be focused on economic data. But when it comes to the growth of the
U.S. economy as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), the three
broadcasts networks were silent.…
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August 17, 2012
Although
things are relatively quiet in Zuccotti Park these days, the
anti-capitalist fervor of Occupy Wall Street hit the silver screen in a
big way in 2012.USA
Today noticed this trend on Aug. 16, saying “in movie theaters, the
voices of the…
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August 21, 2012
George
Soros’s $25 billion Fund Management Group bought 7.9 percent of Manchester United’s Class A shares. The English soccer club went public in August,
according to many news reports Aug. 21.But
from Reuters, to Associated Press (AP), to…