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February 14, 2006
The New York Times has long made a habit of airing its disdain for
big cuts in domestic spending and soaring profits at major oil
companies. However, Edmund Andrews chose to reinvent the wheel by…
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August 22, 2005
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CNN promotes “Lou Dobbs Tonight” as “news, debate and opinion.” But it doesn’t explain that Dobbs defines those words his own unique way. “News” is often economic distortions presented as fact. “Debate” doesn’t always mean…
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August 22, 2005
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Critics have complained that CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” is a seamless rant against big business and free trade. The network in turn has promoted a premier news and business program as “news, debate and opinion.” But it doesn’t…
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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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January 21, 2022
A threat by Facebook to permanently shut down the account of the head of a leading Geneva-based non-governmental group prompted an outcry this week – and the tech giant reversed an earlier decision to take down a post for allegedly violating its “…
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December 10, 2020
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) wants in the club, the Black Lives Matter-style protest club, along with the cool people – the NBA, WNBA, NFL and Major League Baseball. If the International Olympic Committee agrees, American…
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September 18, 2019
While beefing about Major League Soccer (MLS) banning the anti-fascist Iron Front banner at its games, retired NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes in a UK Guardian rant that curtailing the free speech of athletes or fans is not consistent with our…
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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…