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April 17, 2008
“At this vital juncture in the Earth’s history, it’s clear that the American people are looking for a presidential candidate who will take climate change ‘very seriously.’”
That’s how Jerry…
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March 27, 2008
The sympathetic, struggling cardholder. The anti-credit card company activist. The heartless business and the beleaguered industry representative. Check, check and check – but “Good Morning America’s” March 27 story wouldn’t…
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March 12, 2008
The Democratic presidential race is still going strong and both candidates have latched on to the housing market as a key issue. Both want to bail out mortgage holders, but the news media have given little in-depth attention…
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January 20, 2008
Michelle Singletary, a Washington Post personal finance columnist known for usually sound advice, used her January 20 column to boost Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Singletary echoed…
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December 12, 2011
Broadcast
journalists have been the only ones bidding up gas prices lately.
While they foretell a horizon of $4 and $5 gas, consumers on U.S.
streets are paying an average of $2.81 up…
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December 12, 2011
The Picture of Hype
Networks show exaggerated video of
highest gas prices, hyping daily increases but glossing over the…
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December 12, 2011
As Katrina
survivors begin to file insurance claims, some politicians and
activists want to hold insurance companies and taxpayers responsible
for uninsured properties. The media are…
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June 28, 2006
TV journalists have been warning of “stagflation,” a bursting housing bubble, and even “recession,” but consumers are far more confident about the economy than journalists.
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May 17, 2006
Money is the root of all evil.
That seems to be the medias Sunday school lesson to
audiences lately. First, they demonized oil companies for making too
much. Then they went after…
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September 26, 2007
This fall’s new shows are serving up some juicy stories of the twisted lives of businessmen, from “Big Shots” to “Dirty Sexy Money” and “Cane.”
Everywhere you look on TV – whether it’s primetime dramas or the evening news – businessmen…