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June 15, 2010
It is hardly news that the American newspaper industry is failing.
At least seven different newspaper chains have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in recent years, including the Tribune Co. and The Rocky Mountain News, which closed in December…
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June 3, 2010
Foreclosure on one’s home used to be a financially shameful matter. Today, homeowners are riding the foreclosure of financial irresponsibility wave to the bank by staying in foreclosed homes long after they’ve stopped making mortgage payments.…
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June 1, 2012
Executive SummaryReporters consider most risky products newsworthy, but tobacco gets
far more coverage than any other risky product, including such illegal
drugs as cocaine and marijuana. This is one conclusion of a special
year-long, two-part study…
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June 1, 2012
Executive SummaryWhat kind of messages about business and the American workplace does
prime time tele-vision send to viewers? To find out, the Free Market
Project of the Media Research Center (MRC) analyzed 17 weeks of prime
time fare over 26 months…
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June 1, 2012
Executive SummaryAccording to the National Council on Economic Education, 79 percent
of Americans get their information about the economy from television.
When the network news shows fail to provide context in economic stories
or simply leave basic…
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June 1, 2012
Executive SummaryPolls from groups as diverse as Greenpeace and Citizens for a Sound
Economy show that most climate scientists are skeptical of claims that
the climate change of the 20th century has been a result of greenhouse
gas emissions. This is…
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May 31, 2012
Executive SummaryA recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, reported in the April 9 Wall Street Journal,
asked Americans which they would prefer: a candidate who advocates
cutting taxes, or a candidate who favors more spending on education…
Lefty PR Exec Attacks: ‘Exxon Will Make Record Profits Destroying Our Economy and a Livable Climate’
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July 6, 2012
“The path we are on will lead to the extinction of almost half
the species on earth. We may be one of them.” claimed David Fenton, CEO of a
top left-wing public relations firm.
Fenton made his hyperbolic claim in an open letter to
Exxon/Mobil…
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September 11, 2012
Despite
the media’s best efforts to hype organic food and convince the public
that it was better for people, some remained skeptical.The media spent years promoting organic foods from The Washington Post’s absurd claim in July 2006 that organic…
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September 27, 2012
“Silent
Spring,” the book still lauded by the left as the Bible of all things
environmental, turns 50 Sept. 27, 2012. The book, written by marine biologist
Rachel Carson, has been lauded by the media despite setting in motion a ban of
DDT that has…