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February 14, 2006
The New York Times has long made a habit of airing its disdain for
big cuts in domestic spending and soaring profits at major oil
companies. However, Edmund Andrews chose to reinvent the wheel by…
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August 22, 2005
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CNN promotes “Lou Dobbs Tonight” as “news, debate and opinion.” But it doesn’t explain that Dobbs defines those words his own unique way. “News” is often economic distortions presented as fact. “Debate” doesn’t always mean…
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August 22, 2005
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Critics have complained that CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” is a seamless rant against big business and free trade. The network in turn has promoted a premier news and business program as “news, debate and opinion.” But it doesn’t…
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December 6, 2007
After Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to rescue America from the “mortgage crisis” was revealed December 5, networks attacked the plan with left-wing criticism, saying that the costly plan would not affect “…
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November 28, 2007
Amidst continuous news reports of recession and credit crisis, “Good Morning America” focused instead on an “unusual source” of relief for Wall Street and the U.S. economy.
What…
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November 20, 2007
If you can buy sperm or eggs, why are kidneys so radical to ABC?
ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” called a doctor’s market-like approach to organ donation, in which individuals could buy…
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November 19, 2007
CNN’s “American Morning” anchor John Roberts referred to high gas prices as “highway robbery” as they “[jumped] up over last year’s holiday drive.”
Reporter Alina Cho also warned that “Experts…
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November 14, 2007
National Public Radio’s coverage of oil hitting $100 a barrel this week has uncovered another underreported angle to oil profits: funding future explorations.
In NPR’s “Morning Edition”…
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November 8, 2007
The year was 1979 – the height of the Cold War, and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident had just occurred. The “No Nukes” movement was born.
Back then musicians such as Bonnie Raitt,…
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November 6, 2007
“On Strike; Shut it Down; Hollywood’s a Union town.”
That was one of the many chants of the Hollywood writers on strike – and network news was union-friendly November 5 as reporters took the writers’…