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May 28, 2009
The national unemployment rate is 8.9 percent and even higher in places like Cambridge, Md. So you might find it strange to see NBC advocating an expansion of legal migrant labor when so many Americans are struggling.Nonetheless, former “NBC Nightly…
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April 29, 2008
It’s been 10 years since the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. But the way it broke changed the way the news cycle functioned and has had a profound impact on the business of media.
In 1998,…
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April 21, 2008
Time magazine continued to defend its manipulation of the classic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo – calling it a “point of view.” Managing Editor Richard Stengel said the cover art was part of the publication’s global warming…
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May 20, 2009
After 120 days of the new presidency, the automobile industry provides some of the best evidence of an administration that favors the heavy hand of government meddling in the private sector. And as is the case with mostcoverage of President Obama…
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April 23, 2008
It’s not quite a newsflash that Mexico has a problem with gun-yielding drug smugglers. However, ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson” had a distinctive take on the problem. ABC didn’t bash because there’s a law…
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April 18, 2008
Another network newscast and guess what – something else to be afraid of.
This time, it’s a “turf war.” ABC’s April 17 “World News with Charles Gibson” took a look at dangers of athletic fields…
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April 21, 2008
With record-high gas prices a hot issue for a lot of Americans, the demand for political action has been high during the 2008 presidential election cycle.
On April 15, presumptive Republican…
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April 15, 2008
It takes a big man to admit he’s wrong, but as a columnist for one of the nation’s top newspapers, Paul Krugman shouldn’t have been wrong in the first place.
Krugman’s April 11 New York Times column…
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April 15, 2008
First she wanted no more cancelled flights. Now Meredith Vieira’s asking for a “guarantee” against higher airfares.
Unfortunately, despite her $10-million annual salary, according to the April…
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May 12, 2009
The food police are at it again – attacking the restaurant industry under the premise the general public is too ignorant to determine what is healthy and what isn’t.On May 11, both the “NBC Nightly News” and ABC’s “World News with Charles Gibson”…