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May 24, 2010
Apparently, having Goldman Sachs connections is only a problem if you’re a Republican.While on May 20, The Los Angeles Times gleefully reported that Meg Whitman dropped in the polls for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in California, they…
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May 20, 2010
If celebrities, movies, and former vice presidents can’t sell people on global warming, maybe a cartoon can.At least that’s what The New Yorker was hoping with its May 17 cover showing the “evolution” of global warming. The cartoon is a montage of…
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May 26, 2010
Newsweek’s Michael Hirsh doesn’t want the government to have a hand in financial reform. On the contrary, he’d rather the government have both hands firmly around Wall Street.
In his May 21 Newsweek Web Exclusive, Hirsh was outraged that the “…
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May 19, 2010
The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree and, in the case of the mainstream media, the analysis doesn’t fall far from the network agenda.
On May 17, NBC’s “Today” and CBS’ “Early Show,” along with all three network evening news programs,…
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June 16, 2008
CNN’s money team is very concerned about high gas and oil prices, but the “biggest fear” of an economist on “Your $$$$$” wasn’t just that the prices would continue to climb.
Senior business…
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July 10, 2008
“The scariest money mistake women make (it’s not shoes!),” or so warned the cover of Glamour’s July issue. The cover story “Welcome to my Mortgage Hell” left homeownership looking anything but glamorous and banks…
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May 12, 2008
As if record-high gas prices weren’t enough, CNN’s “Your $$$$$” speculated about “what if” oil were to spike to $200 a barrel.
“Well, if you think it is bad now, it could get worse and it…
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July 21, 2006
Instead of worrying about the burst of the “housing bubble” you might as well watch paint dry or your grass grow. CNN’s “American Morning” is no longer forecasting doom and gloom for the US housing market. On July 21 Gerri…
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August 24, 2010
The media should hire better “experts.”
An August 23 AP story noted gas prices are falling prior to Labor Day. Despite calling the price drop “unusual,” the AP reported the average price of gas at $2.704, thirty cents below of the $3 average…
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August 20, 2010
As students prepare to head back to school, the media are offering a course in Bias 101.
On the August 19 editions of ‘World News Tonight’ and ‘Nightline,’ ABC News reporter Chris Cuomo, with the help of undercover producers, followed the Obama…