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September 20, 2007
As Congress considers a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration even more power – including charging drug companies five times as much for safety reviews – CBS News applauded the move.
“With…
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August 31, 2007
Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama has proposed a solution to the subprime problem and its affect on the stock market – more regulation.
“The implosion of the subprime lending industry…
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August 17, 2007
CBS examined two families hurt by the “mortgage meltdown” in its August 16 broadcast, but the report was delivered by a correspondent who lost her own dream house because of an adjustable rate mortgage.
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August 16, 2007
How do you prevent runway collisions at America’s airports? Fix the FAA, said CNN’s “American Morning” and ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson.”
For a change, the media gave the government a…
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August 15, 2007
In the latest CEO hot-seat interview, NBC’s Meredith Vieira asked Northwest CEO Douglas Steenland to guarantee that nothing would ever mess with his airline’s flights again.
“Do you fly to San…
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August 15, 2007
If you want to know how to obtain carbon salvation, the September 2007 issue of Marie Claire magazine might be the publication worth reading for tips on how to avoid “carbon emissions hell” and how to not “[drown] polar…
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August 14, 2007
With gas prices dropping for more than three weeks, you’d think it would be hard for the media to complain. Down nearly 24 cents since last year and 29 cents since last month, things are getting better at the pump. But…
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August 13, 2007
In the media frenzy over housing and the markets, ABC’s Chris Cuomo broke new ground August 13. His “Good Morning America” report about the “drama on Wall Street” disparaged the stock market – a market he said was “crashing…
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December 2, 2008
Give the auto companies billions of dollars or Americans will all be lining up for soup.
At least that was the warning from the mayor of Lansing, Mich. “You know this is a sure prescription to…
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November 13, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced Nov. 12 that he would be redirecting the $700 billion bailout to focus on propping up financial institutions instead of buying troubled mortgage assets, which was the original…