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August 11, 2008
In spite of the media’s obsession with global warming, only 25 percent of Americans view climate change as the world’s biggest environmental threat, according to a new ABC News poll. Fewer than half – 47 percent – viewed…
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August 4, 2008
The broadcast networks just can’t get enough of the food police.
ABC joined in August 4 with a “Good Morning America” segment taken straight from a new report by the self-proclaimed food police…
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July 28, 2008
Leave it to the media over-dramatize an incident that was scary enough already.
That’s just what ABC’s David Muir did in a July 25 “Good Morning America” report on the Qantas flight that made…
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July 23, 2008
The failure and federal takeover of the California-based IndyMac Bank July 11 signaled a coming financial apocalypse, according to network news reports that predicted “hundreds if not thousands” more bank failures but…
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July 2, 2008
As Democrats solidified their control of Congress in early 2007, the newly empowered leadership pledged to “truly declare our energy independence” by July 4, 2007.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (…
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June 16, 2008
CNN’s money team is very concerned about high gas and oil prices, but the “biggest fear” of an economist on “Your $$$$$” wasn’t just that the prices would continue to climb.
Senior business…
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July 10, 2008
“The scariest money mistake women make (it’s not shoes!),” or so warned the cover of Glamour’s July issue. The cover story “Welcome to my Mortgage Hell” left homeownership looking anything but glamorous and banks…
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June 3, 2008
It’s not often when members of the media highlight positive aspects of the economy, but that’s just what ABC financial contributor Mellody Hobson did on “Good Morning America” June 3.
“50…
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May 29, 2008
Credit card companies are out to get you – even if you don’t have a credit card, according to the May 29 ABC “Good Morning America.”
“You’ve heard of a no-win situation when it comes to…
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May 15, 2008
The NBC “Today” show used the popular “us vs. them” approach again May 15 in an interview with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.
“Gas prices hit yet another record high this morning and as you…