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September 1, 2007
Despite President Bush’s major proposal to aid homeowners who took out risky subprime mortgages, some in the media already don’t think that’s enough.
“[I] don’t know how big of a helping hand it was when you’re talking about two million…
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August 28, 2007
For the second straight night in a row, the CBS “Evening News” evaluated what falling home prices mean and it wasn’t good.
“The prices of homes are falling and there is more evidence tonight that those counting on their houses as their…
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August 27, 2007
Meet the media’s newest coal industry expert Jeff Goodell.
Goodell is consistently cited as a coal expert by the media, although he has no formal expertise or academic credentials in the coal business. Goodell is a contributing editor at…
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August 27, 2007
Leave it to MSNBC to help unions bash business and bosses.
Anchor David Shuster actually outdid the union’s “My Bad Boss” contest with a comment about one pregnant employee putting “placenta” on pizza because her boss wouldn’t let her go…
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August 21, 2007
There’s no question there has been an uptick in foreclosures because of bad business decisions – primary the so-called NINJA (No income, no job or assets) loans made by some mortgage lenders. And there’s plenty of blame to go around.
But…
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August 17, 2007
It has been no secret that home lenders are in some serious trouble as borrowers are having troubles making payments on their mortgages. Even American Home Mortgage Investments, the then-nation’s 10th largest home lender filed for bankruptcy in…
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August 16, 2007
There is a lot of China import-bashing in the news and a lot of it warranted – food health and safety issues and now toy recalls. But it has spurred protectionist rhetoric in the media while ignoring costs.
On the August 15 “Good Morning…
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July 12, 2007
The recycling craze isn’t the perfect, planet-saving method many environmental enthusiasts want you to believe, according to the CBS “Evening News.”
It seems recycling may be deadly.
“The business of recycling is a big part of the…
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December 19, 2008
Just how bad is the economy? ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” went all the way to Edwardsburg, Mich. to find out.
The Dec. 18 broadcast of “World News” highlighted a new economic indicator – the increase in the number of people willing to…
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December 18, 2008
Unprecedented snow in Las Vegas has some scratching their heads – how can there be global warming with this unusual cold and snowy weather?
CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers had never bought into the notion that man can alter the climate and the Vegas…