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April 19, 2006
After the discovery of oil in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, it didnt take
long for environmentalists to cry gloom and doom and for the media
to hype those claims. From caribou dying to earthquakes to all hell…
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January 5, 2006
BioWillie. Its not a genetically modified country singer; its a
new alternative fuel. And as the media have reported on Willie
Nelsons crop-based energy business venture, some journalists have…
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May 17, 2006
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It was five years before the turn of the century and major media were warning of disastrous climate change. Page six of The New York Times was headlined with the serious concerns of 'geologists.' Only the president at the…
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May 17, 2006
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Thanks to the release of Al Gore's latest effort on global warming - this time in book and movie form - climate change is the hot topic in press rooms around the globe. It isn't the first time. The media have warned about…
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December 6, 2007
After Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan to rescue America from the “mortgage crisis” was revealed December 5, networks attacked the plan with left-wing criticism, saying that the costly plan would not affect “…
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November 28, 2007
Amidst continuous news reports of recession and credit crisis, “Good Morning America” focused instead on an “unusual source” of relief for Wall Street and the U.S. economy.
What…
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August 23, 2006
Since Hurricane Katrina, the broadcast networks have linked global warming to more intensive hurricanes, treating higher ocean temperatures as “high-octane fuel.” Yet they have ignored the cooling waters of the Atlantic.…
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October 5, 2009
Fans of Douglas Adams’ “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” books will remember that the answer to “life, the universe, and everything” was “42.” For American liberals, the answer to “health, insurance, and everything” appears to be 47. Liberal pundits…
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November 8, 2007
The year was 1979 – the height of the Cold War, and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident had just occurred. The “No Nukes” movement was born.
Back then musicians such as Bonnie Raitt,…
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November 6, 2007
“On Strike; Shut it Down; Hollywood’s a Union town.”
That was one of the many chants of the Hollywood writers on strike – and network news was union-friendly November 5 as reporters took the writers’…