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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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October 24, 2011
Halloween is traditionally a night of witches, ghosts, and monsters. But for environmentalists and their media allies, an even bigger scare is coming this Halloween: the birth of Earth's 7 billionth resident.
On Oct. 31, 2011, world population will…
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June 29, 2011
Cable channel Animal Planet is once again feeding its viewers dramatic environmental propaganda and misinformation. Season 4 of "Whale Wars," a program chronicling the anti-whaling efforts of environmentalist Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherds, is…
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December 27, 2011
Occupy Wall Street attacks income inequality and the richest 1 percent, adopting as its slogan ''we are the 99 percent.'' In October, its protesters staged a ''millionaires march'' in New York City, parading to the homes of wealthy citizens such as…
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April 16, 2008
Some of the toughest obstacles American businesses face come not from other companies or the economy, but from the media – journalists exaggerating an issue to make a story sexier or anti-business groups influencing the media to advance their agenda…
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December 27, 2007
Holiday retail sales were up in 2007 from 2006, but not enough for a media always looking for ways to downplay economic news.
According to MasterCard SpendingPulse, retail sales were up 3.6…
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December 20, 2007
Six years ago, Joe Cameron survived more than two months on life support, racking up a bill of more than $1 million. He paid less than $2,000 out of his pocket, thanks to the health insurance he had through Medicare…