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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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April 14, 2009
Armen Keteyian was befuddled by oil companies’ unwillingness to start drilling in leased land. The CBS correspondent filed a report on the CBS “Evening News” on April 13 wondering why the oil companies, ExxonMobil in particular, are allowing some of…
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April 3, 2009
After months of doom and gloom, suggestions of the next Great Depression and stories on “tent cities,” the New York Times and CNN.com ran similar, positive pieces on the housing market.
While the depressed housing market and economic recession…
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March 10, 2009
For all intents and purposes, Jim Cramer has left the Obama
“Hope and Change” express. In an interview with Meredith Viera on the March 10
“Today” show, Cramer, along with Erin Burnett of CNBC, sounded off on the Obama
administration’s plan to…
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April 8, 2010
Liberal commentator Nancy Skinner conceded there is one issue the right is right on – the value-added tax (VAT) is an absurd idea.Skinner who is a regular guest on the Fox Business Network, stated April 7 that the VAT will do absolutely nothing to…
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April 7, 2010
Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, has moved on from the health care debate and found a new oppressed, downtrodden minority: student loan recipients. And naturally, the Huffington Post was happy to afford “the Reverend” a platform for his…