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February 28, 2007
What’s the difference between a stock market “collapse” and a “correction?” It all depends on which news outlet you watch.
Over at the February 27 CBS “Evening News,” exaggeration was the rule of the day. Anchor Katie Couric called the…
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February 22, 2007
CNN’s “American Morning” jolted its viewers awake with a series of stories on caffeine that emphasized government regulation and threw in some good old-fashioned misreporting.
The bulk of the February 22 caffeinated coverage was devoted…
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February 16, 2007
Whoever said you can lead a horse to water but can’t make him drink never met the America media. Since Al Gore’s announcement of worldwide concerts to combat climate change, journalists have been swallowing Gore’s claims that it’s purely a “…
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January 31, 2007
So much for energy independence.
The Washington Post downplayed the potential loss of four Western hydroelectric dams that might be destroyed to make life easier … for salmon.
According to the January 31 article by the Post’s…
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January 19, 2007
Washington Post fashionista Robin Givhan has struck again. This time she’s arguing for regulation of the fashion industry and defending the little people – America’s skinny models.
Givhan led off her article with a blatant attack on…
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October 2, 2008
How do you get nominated for a magazine award? Do something that offends almost everyone and tears down an American icon at the same time. Even better, claim you were just trying to get “attention.”
That’s certainly the strategy Time…
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August 28, 2008
The American economy is a “disaster.” The media have been singing that song for at least a year. When a presidential candidate recites the refrain, it’s news. Or it should be. But in the election of 2008, such a ridiculous claim…
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June 12, 2008
Science fiction often suggests “The future is now.” ABC has taken that to heart and gone from reporting the news to predicting the future.
Working with left-wing activists, the network is warning people that civilization is poised to go…
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May 23, 2008
There’s bad news and then there’s CNN’s “American Morning.” The May 23 broadcast warned of a “tipping point” for the economy, and anchor John Roberts asked an economist whether we were facing the “the D-word,” meaning depression.
That’s an…
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March 19, 2008
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain is using the idea of global togetherness to promote “a cap-and-trade system” to battle climate change. He said “Americans and Europeans need to get serious about substantially reducing greenhouse…