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June 11, 2008
Ed McMahon has gone from spokesman for a sweepstakes company to spokesman for foreclosure victims. McMahon and his mansion have been in the news because he is “the latest celebrity to fall victim to the housing crisis,” said Chris…
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June 11, 2008
When credit card companies “just make it so easy,” people become addicted to debt. That’s what “Good Morning America” reported on the June 11 show.
“With the increased costs of gas and…
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September 24, 2010
Are you fed up with annoying ads from personal injury lawyers? These lawyers are wasting your time and your money.
On his show Sept.23, Fox Business Correspondent John Stossel exposed the costs of frivolous lawsuits to taxpayers. Costs go far…
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October 14, 2010
Despite the current pressure of economic hardships that all citizens are feeling, the government decided to take another shot at consumers Wednesday.
USA Today Reports “the government said Wednesday that gasoline now may contain up to 15% ethanol…
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October 7, 2010
It’s a tough choice between Pepsi and Gatorade. I don’t know how to choose. Let’s have the government decide!
On ABC’s “The View,” Oct. 7, a segment addressed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to ban the use of food stamps to…
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September 28, 2010
The mainstream media is always hungry for a story about how the duplicity and greed of big bad corporations harms innocent consumers. Throw children into the mix and just try to stop a network anchor from breathlessly relaying the whole, sordid…
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September 28, 2010
It’s not quite “earth shaking,” but we can be sure it caused a tremor at the National Education Association office in downtown D.C.
On Sept.27, President Obama admitted on NBC’s “Today” show that Washington, D.C.’s “struggling” public schools…
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July 23, 2008
The economy is now so bad people are spending more of their limited amounts of money on therapy, according to the July 23 USA Today.
“Requests for therapists increased 15% to 20% in the past three months,” Marilyn Elias reported on the…
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July 18, 2008
So apparently tomatoes are not the cause of the recent salmonella outbreak, according to the Food and Drug Administration. But the announcement did not come until after a widespread – and largely media-driven – “red scare” that cost the…
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July 17, 2008
The broadcast networks have created what amounts to their very own tax on gasoline. The “tax,” on average about 32 cents, gets applied when news shows use images to go with stories about the “whopping” price of gasoline. That amount is equal to…