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May 30, 2008
When actual economic indicators – unemployment, jobs creation and gross domestic product, for example – aren’t meshing with the media theme of an economy in turmoil, leave it to journalists to create unconventional indicators. That’s just what…
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May 22, 2008
Everyone is looking for someone to blame for higher gas prices, but one of the favorite media targets has been oil companies that dare to turn a profit.
Anthony Mason, on CBS’s May 22 “Early Show,” led off with senators on the Senate…
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May 21, 2008
It didn’t take long for the “CBS Evening News” to blast the government for funding cuts after the announcement that Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
“Evening News” began its series, “The War on…
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May 19, 2008
Who would have thought a third-world nation held back by the rule of a socialist dictator could be so much fun?
A report on the May 18 “NBC Nightly News” featured the Cuban National Circus, which lost 11 performers to defections when it…
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May 16, 2008
High gas prices are not only responsible for strained wallets, according to CBS, they are preventing little girls from going swimming this summer.
“When we arrived in Louisville [Ky.], we headed straight for the Breslin Park pool,” CBS…
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May 15, 2008
Worried about gas prices hitting $4 a gallon and beyond? Imagine if they were $6, $7 or even $8 a gallon. Those levels are a certain possibility should Congress pass cap-and-trade legislation, which could face a vote in early June.
Oil is…
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May 14, 2008
It’s not quite Birkenstocks and tie-dyed T-shirts, but presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) has shown he’s willing to go the extra mile to embrace the global warming movement.
The latest sign of that is the…
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May 13, 2008
Global warming alarmists have frequently attributed extreme weather incidents to manmade global warming, but an NBC Weatherplus.com meteorologist burst “Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams’s bubble May 12 when he said recent tornadoes are…
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May 12, 2008
Is the food industry trying to pull a fast one on you? According to the “CBS Evening News,” they are. The May 11 broadcast featured a segment suggesting there might be a hidden threat grocery stores don’t want the public to know about.
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May 8, 2008
Imagine a threat facing the United States that is the equivalent of the German Nazis and Japanese Imperialists. According to Dr. Stephen Leeb, an economist for Leeb Capital Management, that threat is already here.
Leeb appeared on CNN’s…