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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 12, 2011
Finally, the
discussion about Hurricane Katrinas aftermath has turned to the
Mississippi coast. Since the advent of the storm, devastated
Mississippi communities have received sparse coverage compared to…
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December 12, 2011
If there were a Saffir-Simpson scale for newscasts, CNNs Lou Dobbs
Tonight would have been downgraded long ago from news to rant.
A September 20 report on the Labor Departments suspension of…
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December 12, 2011
As good
neighbors, private charities, and government agencies rushed to aid
the victims of Hurricane Katrina, CNNs Lou Dobbs and Lisa Sylvester
offered their own charitable assistance to labor unions and…
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June 1, 2012
Executive SummaryWhat kind of messages about business and the American workplace does
prime time tele-vision send to viewers? To find out, the Free Market
Project of the Media Research Center (MRC) analyzed 17 weeks of prime
time fare over 26 months…
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August 26, 2008
The broadcast networks have devoted a lot of manpower and resources to covering this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. Viewers have been bombarded with images of delegates in crazy hats sporting Michelle/Kennedy/Obama/Biden/Hillary…
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August 15, 2008
Here are two seemingly unrelated facts:
1. Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and her girlfriend Portia de Rossi will get married in California this weekend.
2. One of the platform planks for the Democrats at this year's convention includes language to…
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March 24, 2008
As usual, Lenten season was time to cue up the media attacks on Christianity and faith.
One of the most offensive blows in the annual Easter faith-flagellation fest came from Comedy Central on a show called Root of All Evil. Comedian-prosecutors…