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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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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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July 22, 2008
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now says jalapeno peppers, not tomatoes, are behind the recent outbreak of salmonella poisoning. But on CNN, Lou Dobbs is still blaming President Bush. “This is…
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July 17, 2008
ABC was full of contradictions on July 16. “Good Morning America” told viewers not to panic over the IndyMac bank failure, but listed a handful of banks its experts suspect are troubled.
The…
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July 15, 2008
“Stocks plummet.” “Massive bank failures.” “Banks in deep trouble.” If you had been watching ABC’s “Good Morning America” or CBS’s “Early Show” July 15, this is what you would have heard.
The…
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July 14, 2008
The failure of IndyMac Bank signals a coming depression, according to doom-and-gloom reports from ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Correspondent Bianna Golodryga glumly predicted on the July 14…
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July 11, 2008
Online shoppers aren’t smart enough to avoid giving away their credit card information to pop-up ads, at least according to ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“Some pop-ups on your computer can lead…