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June 26, 2008
Credit card companies – not irresponsible borrowers – are to blame for the debt that college students rack up, according to ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Consumer correspondent Elisabeth Leamy reported June 26 that lenders…
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June 25, 2008
CBS’s “Early Show” co-host Maggie Rodriguez suggested June 25 that the cure to high gas prices is to have the government subsidize oil. After blaming speculators for the prices, Rodiguez asked, “Given the dire situation here…
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June 17, 2008
Searching high and low for someone to blame for contaminated tomatoes, CNN’s Lou Dobbs tried: imported produce; a “moronic” Food and Drug Administration; and finally, President George W. Bush.
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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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December 12, 2011
Finally, the
discussion about Hurricane Katrinas aftermath has turned to the
Mississippi coast. Since the advent of the storm, devastated
Mississippi communities have received sparse coverage compared to…
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December 12, 2011
If there were a Saffir-Simpson scale for newscasts, CNNs Lou Dobbs
Tonight would have been downgraded long ago from news to rant.
A September 20 report on the Labor Departments suspension of…
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December 12, 2011
As good
neighbors, private charities, and government agencies rushed to aid
the victims of Hurricane Katrina, CNNs Lou Dobbs and Lisa Sylvester
offered their own charitable assistance to labor unions and…
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February 23, 2006
Its turn-back-the-clock day in the mainstream media and on Capitol
Hill. While polyester and Depeche Mode are far from the rage in
Congressional chambers and newsrooms, an overzealous fear of foreign…
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December 15, 2005
Lou Dobbs wants answers. In his December 14 broadcast of CNNs Lou
Dobbs Tonight, the business anchor gathered torches and pitchforks
in response to the news of an overall trade deficit [that] hit…