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May 18, 2007
The book “Silent Spring” set in motion the banning of DDT and needlessly cost millions of lives. The Washington Post chose to mark author Rachel Carson’s 100th birthday by barely mentioning that her actions “have remained…
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May 17, 2007
Only a network anchor could think that earning nearly four times the median household income is “modest.”
That was CNN “American Morning” anchor John Roberts’ take on Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.)…
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May 15, 2007
It was almost like CBS’s version of “To Catch A Predator.” “Evening News” anchor Katie Couric warned: “They’re after your children and your grandchildren.”
By “they,” she meant nasty old…
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May 6, 2007
Apparently, saving the whales is more important than saving 5.5 billion people. Paul Watson, founder and president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and famous for militant intervention to stop whalers, now warns…
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May 1, 2007
Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge? It’s not for sale, but even if it were, BusinessWeek doesn’t think you should be able to buy it.
The May 7 issue warned that “privateers” (another word for “…
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April 30, 2007
Gas prices are high, but CNN wants them higher. Lots higher. CNN’s Allen Wastler told viewers April 28 that the government should increase the price with a huge new tax. “Put in a tax to make it $4 a gallon right now,” he…
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April 23, 2007
Perhaps CNN’s “Open House” should be renamed to “Open Bias.” The April 21 show had host Gerri Willis issuing her own call for new mortgage regulations.
In a short segment on the subprime mortgage…
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April 23, 2007
The headline read like a press release: “Democrats Craft New Tax Rules, New Image.” It might as well have been one.
The April 23 Washington Post front-page story depicted Democrats as opponents…
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April 9, 2007
Who needs Nostradamus when you have CNN’s “American Morning"? Instead of waiting for someone to complain about a big executive payday, the April 9 show’s team whined about its own pay and predicted the AFL-CIO would chime in…
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April 3, 2007
Customer complaints are down about air travel, but you’d never know it watching either CBS or NBC. Both networks had April 2 reports about a new study that says “what a lot of frequent flyers already know – it has gotten…