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February 4, 2008
Striving to pay down debt might sound like a good idea, but to ABC “World News,” it means “radical belt-tightening.”
The February 3 “World News Sunday” featured the financial advice of Howard Dayton. Dayton incorporates Scripture into his…
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February 2, 2008
Sen. John McCain just got an endorsement he probably wasn’t expecting.
The New Republic’s editor, Franklin Foer, wasn’t all that glum about the possibility of John McCain defeating Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential…
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February 1, 2008
It’s this type of reporting that would make Lou Dobbs proud.
The February 11 issue of BusinessWeek cast doubt on the advantages free trade for the United States. An article, “Economists Rethink Free Trade,” by Jane Sasseen ignored the…
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January 31, 2008
You might be a little one-sided when “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric says your economic reporting is regularly so pessimistic that you sound like the “grim reaper.”
CBS News Business Correspondent Anthony Mason, at least in the…
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January 31, 2008
Leave it to a former Clintonista to go on CNN in the middle of a presidential campaign with a Republican president in office to tell viewers how bad the economy is.
David Gergen, who served under former President Bill Clinton as a…
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January 29, 2008
Are we in a recession? Ask Big Mac.
That’s the newest economic indicator, according to an ABC report about lower McDonald’s sales for December.
“So, if Americans are saying good-bye to fast food, could we be saying hello to a…
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February 12, 2008
You have to wonder if CBS’s wants bad economic news – considering the network is all too eager to warn of the worst. The January 28 “The Early Show” was the latest example – hyping fears for Wall Street on day when the Dow jumped almost 177…
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January 28, 2008
It’s become routine – another day, another downbeat economy story.
The February 4 Newsweek was no exception with its “Road to Recession” cover for the story “The U.S. Economy Faces the Guillotine,” written by Daniel Gross.
“The…
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January 28, 2008
“NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt test drove a Smart Car – popular in Europe and manufactured by German automaker Mercedes-Benz – on the January 27 program. Although the fuel efficiency of the Smart Car is a higher-than-average 36 miles to…
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January 24, 2008
When newscasts start reporting about how to find a job after you’ve been laid off from the recession, things must be very bad, right?
According to the January 23 “CBS Evening News,” it is something to be worried about, but the numbers…